Recently I was talking to a friend who has a contract with a cell phone provider and his phone has this scratch on it which pretty bad. But, as soon as his contract runs out he can pretty much get another one either for free or at a heavy discount. Thing is, he is thinking of simply buying a new phone still just because of the scratch as he mentions that it is extremely annoying.<\/p>\n
A lot of times too when people have the money available they would just plunk down the extra cash to buy new items simply because of some cosmetic damage even the product itself is working fine.
\nThe question I always ask in these situations is whether the motivation arises from trying to impress others or if it genuinely affects the functionally. Example, a screen with big slash of some sort right across it might make the viewing experience too distracting which warrants a replacement.<\/p>\n
For myself, I always have rule where if the damage is that bad to me but still meets my needs, then I can only buy a new one if I can find it for 20% of the original price that I paid for. So for example, if it is a $100 item that I paid for then that means I would only get the new one if I was able to get it for $20. That doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t necessarily mean the item itself has to be $20 now, but it could be that I would have to find a sale for the product at say $70 and then sell my old one for say $50. <\/p>\n
As you can tell, that odds aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t exactly with me in buying in a new one and so many times I just end up using the same item until it becomes truly broken or non usable. This way it gives you a good time to think about too as you may realize in the next few days that the damage isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really that bad at all and can bear with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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