The phrase you're looking for is "false economy". The hard part is not scraping together the money to buy the superior product, but determining if it really ma

The phrase you're looking for is "false economy". The hard part is not scraping together the money to buy the superior product, but determining if it really matters to you. Boots that you wear all day every day? Sure easy. Furniture that ends up getting light use? Maybe not. Which laptop does a college student really need, if at all? Does the family really need an SUV? It's just as easy to overbuy.