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The russians have a saying for this: "I'm too poor to buy cheap". Really says everything about it.
by terhechte 14y ago
The russians have a saying for this: "I'm too poor to buy cheap". Really says everything about it.
- ZoFreX 14y agoMy stepfather is a carpenter and the maxim he passed down to me is "buy cheap, buy twice". It applies particularly strongly to the tools of your trade, doubly so if those tools are physical things like saws and hammers.
- shiftpgdn 14y agoAlso known as the Sam Vimes Theory of Economic Injustice: http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Sam_Vimes_Theory_of_Economic_Injustice http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Sam_Vimes_Theory_of_Economic_Inj...