Really depends on what you are buying. Most everyday items you can get for cheap and there's little to no difference. However when it comes to tech I feel like there are some products that you need to fork out a lot of money on.
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| Poll: Do you get what you pay for? Or are expensive things overpriced? This poll is closed. |
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| The cheaper, the better. Price is just a number. | 0 | 0% | |
| You get what you pay for. The price of something is representative of how well-made it is. | 0 | 0% | |
| In between. Price matters to a point, after that cutoff point it's just about status/novelty. | 17 | 100.00% | |
| Total | 17 vote(s) | 100% | |
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You get what you pay for...?
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It depends, though I would say one rarely gets more than one pays for - though you frequently get less. From my perspective, I see no value in status items, even those that I can afford.
This reminds me of an app that got banned from iTunes a long time ago.
It cost the maximum possible, which was $999. And it did positively nothing. It was just an icon. It was the "look at me. I'm so rich I can afford this stupid app that does nothing" 
I'm a guitarist. I like Gibson guitars for practical reasons -- they're well-built, the 24 3/4" scale sets well with my fingers, and the wiring harness on their electrics is extremely versatile.
Having said that, they're horribly overpriced, for the most part. Buy one brand-new? Not gonna happen, because at that point you're paying one hell of a lot for the logo on the headstock -- after around a thousand dollars, you're buying cachet and bling, not musical value. Three large for a new Les Paul? Ain't gonna happen. For big-ticket items, I buy used and let some other schlub take the write-off on resale. Lord knows there's enough of them around.  (November 24, 2016 at 5:12 pm)pocaracas Wrote: This reminds me of an app that got banned from iTunes a long time ago. The guy who did it had three sales. Worth it. The app was named "I am Rich". Talk about stupid rich person bait Slave to the Patriarchy no more
 (November 24, 2016 at 11:20 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: I know people don't like it when I point stuff like this out... I see where you're coming from but that's not true at all. I've heard people genuinely support all three of these ideas and had good reasons for why they felt how they did. Do you have a better idea as to how I should have worded the poll? Or are you here to add nothing to an already useless thread? If that's the case, what exactly are you trying to accomplishing by posting this reply? I mean you're free to reply as you wish, but if the thread is such a useless one, simply rate it one star and move on with your day. Or maybe you just need a hug?  It's the off topic forum too. Not sure this is really the place to be concerned with how useful any of these threads are. Though granted some are certainly more interesting than others.
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 (November 24, 2016 at 6:15 am)Jesster Wrote: Definitely option 3. Anyone who studies marketing should know that playing with the price can influence customers one way or another regardless of the quality of the product. Otherwise, yes, you do get what you pay for. This reminds me of when I was little and our Cocker Spaniel knocked up the neighbor's Schnauzer. The neighbor put an ad in the local paper for free puppies, but she couldn't seem to find them homes, so my mom told her to advertise them as "Schnockers" and charge $200, They were gone in a day.
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