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My problem is that I don’t even know where to buy _good_ stuff. I don’t want to pay $5k for a couch, but maybe I will _once_ in N years, for some large N, if I
by elteto 3y ago
My problem is that I don’t even know where to buy _good_ stuff. I don’t want to pay $5k for a couch, but maybe I will _once_ in N years, for some large N, if I know it’s very well made and I like the design.
But I have no idea where to go for this. The overlap between junk and luxury is too large nowadays.
- JohnFen 3y agoAs with so many goods these days, I find that buying stuff made at least a couple of decades ago works best. It's much easier to tell the garbage from the treasure if you aren't buying stuff made recently.
- earleybird 3y agoAs sibling comment says: survivorship bias as a heuristic is useful.
- layer8 3y agoIt's often not, because today's company is not the same as it was 10-20 years ago. The longer you want something to last, the less reliable past experience becomes.
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- drchickensalad 3y agoAggregated reddit searches are amazing. Leads you to the gold mine that is american leather etc, which are often rebranded to more well known brands on a model by model basis. Lots of insiders on reddit with that info too.
- beAbU 3y agoMaybey cynicism broke me but I find it impossible to trust recommendations from Reddit. It's too easy for these companies to pay for astroturfing these days. I've noticed a very prevalent "hail corporate" subculture on reddit that put me off believing anything anyone said.
- pfannkuchen 3y agoI’ve had a consistently good experience with room and board so far and I am very anal about construction quality (as perceived by myself, anyway, I’m not a furniture expert).
- nijave 3y agoI've had decent success with reddit r/BuyItForLife. Seems like mostly good recommendations and not too much shilling/advertising.
- porkbeer 3y agoBifl was taken over by advertisers years ago. I would not trust anything peddled there without a lot of research.