I read this recently and wanted to post it as a reminder to people who want to renovate or build, but always have to choose the cheapest stuff, and the cheapest option. It is not always the best way to go and could well end up costing you more in the long run or end up with a result that is piss poor compared to what it could have been with a little less penny pinching.
I understand if money is really tight but if that is that case go for second hand quality rather than new cheap.
There is hardly anything in the world that someone cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price alone are that person’s lawful prey.
It’s unwise to pay too much, but it’s worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money — that is all.
When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.
The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot — it can’t be done.
If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.
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