buying decisions

Aug 21, 2026

Budget & Buying

When Extended Warranty Is Worth Paying For and When It Is Not

An extended warranty on a two hundred dollar appliance costs forty dollars and covers almost nothing. The same policy on a washing machine costs a tenth of the purchase price...

Jun 9, 2026

Budget & Buying

Cheap Tools That Cost More Later: Where to Spend and Where Not To

A six dollar screwdriver set and a forty dollar screwdriver do the same job on the day you buy them. Three years later one of them has rounded off every...

May 22, 2026

Budget & Buying

Cost per Use: The Number That Decides Whether a Purchase Was Worth It

A twelve dollar pair of shoes and a ninety dollar pair of shoes look like a thirty dollar gap and a seventy-eight dollar gap depending on who is doing the...