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Why are you buying a 5000$ massage chair if you can't comfortably afford to replace it?

• gambiting 8y ago
  What a weird question. I sometimes feel like people on this website are super ultra rich. Like $100k+/year salaries rich. I feel like anything up to say $300-400 I can "comfortably" replace - but more than that and it's starting to eat into my savings, which obviously I don't want to do. Like, my $800 TV is not expensive by most peoples standards, yet if I had to replace it it would be two months of my savings. That's not trivial or comfortable in any way. Maybe I wouldn't buy a $5000 massage chair, but I own a ~$2000 solid oak table and chairs specifically because I want it to last few decades, it's a really solid table. But I couldn't "comfortably" afford to replace it. That's what insurance is for.
  • lotsofpulp 8y ago
    You also rarely need to replace TVs, massage chairs, and solid oak tables. The other aspect is the need to replace. You can live without a TV while you build up savings, you can live without a solid oak table, but you can't live without a vehicle to get to work, or a home to live in.
  • ravar 8y ago
    This is context you might find interesting, I make less than 40k a year. This is a choice that I have made, and I understand that it has implications for the lifestyle I can afford.
  • Spooky23 8y ago
    There’s a mix of overpaid software people and the weird tech libertarian-ish attitude towards many issues. Just roll with it.
• Retric 8y ago
  Mostly I am just using it as an example of a durable good. Let’s say it’s going to last ~5 years on average then that’s a little under 20$ per week you can set aside for the next one. For something used regularly providing 20$ a week in value is a minimal hurdle, but that does not mean they can drop the full cost on a whim. Making the extended warranty a more understandable choice.