Today I saw a person asking a taxi driver on how much it would cost him to get a ride to what sounded like an eight minute drive. Since it was late at night he wanted to get home faster. The taxi driver told him it would be about $25 and surprisingly to me the person was impressed saying that was cheap. I was trying to wrap my head around that as in almost any angle I look at it that price seems ridiculously expensive. <\/p>\n
I know if the person took public transit for example it would probably take him about twenty eight minutes and would cost almost $3. I don’t take a taxi much and so maybe that is a good deal when it comes to regular rates. That did make me think of finance from a broader perspective on how when it comes to saving money we should try and compare products and services to other things that can equally get the job done as well.<\/p>\n
For example, I could say that if for some reason a smoothie maker was always like $200 and all of a sudden you saw it for $100 then that would be a good deal if you were comparing it in that way only. However, if there was this super blender that was just as good and would do just as a good of a job for $80 then it makes more sense to get that. Just requires a bit more research on your end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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