West Loop Financial LLCSpend the Money for the Good Boots, and Wear Them Forever – West Loop Financial LLC https://www.westloopfinancial.com Evolutionize Site Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:50:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.22 Spend the Money for the Good Boots, and Wear Them Forever https://www.westloopfinancial.com/2016/02/29/spend-the-money-for-the-good-boots-and-wear-them-forever/ https://www.westloopfinancial.com/2016/02/29/spend-the-money-for-the-good-boots-and-wear-them-forever/#respond Mon, 29 Feb 2016 09:00:27 +0000 http://evolvemypractice.com/?p=2618 I like buying high-quality things. And for the longest time, I’ve had this sneaking suspicion that buying high-quality stuff, which perhaps initially was more expensive, actually saved me money in the long run. It wasn’t until very recently, though, that I noticed a strong argument in support of my hunch. The other day, I was...

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]]> I like buying high-quality things. And for the longest time, I’ve had this sneaking suspicion that buying high-quality stuff, which perhaps initially was more expensive, actually saved me money in the long run. It wasn’t until very recently, though, that I noticed a strong argument in support of my hunch.

The other day, I was researching this idea, trying to understand why I choose to buy nice things, and I came across a quote from Terry Pratchett in “Men At Arms,” part of the Discworld series. In the book, Sam Vimes, a police officer from the fictional city-state of Ankh-Morpork, gives us a very compelling financial reason for buying higher-quality, rather than cheaper, things:

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