Appreciation post: my brother-in-law ripped into my "just buy the nice one" habit at a Reno cookout
I used to think dropping $340 on a fancy rice cooker was smart because it would last forever, but my brother-in-law Dave pointed out I'd done the same thing with a smoker and a stand mixer and both sat in my garage untouched for over a year. He said "you don't have a quality problem, you have a buying problem" and honestly it stung because he was right. Now I make myself borrow or rent a thing twice on Marketplace before I drop real money on it. How do you all figure out if you actually want something or just want to buy something?