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Yes, in the end they spend more, but in the present, that’s what their circumstances can afford them.
Not everyone has the luxury to spend thousands on furniture at one time like you do apparently.
That is why they can't get ahead. You don't buy garbage. You save up and buy something that will last, but no, they only buy cheap garbage.
sigh
While I agree with your strategy, I also have enough awareness that this strategy doesn’t work for everyone.
If someone needs a bed to sleep, but they only have enough for a cheap bed, they buy the cheap bed and hope that when it wears out they can buy a better, higher quality one. They don’t forgo a bed and have worse health, they get what they can to get by.
Go tell the single mother of four that she bought a garbage table so her kids have a place to eat and she should’ve bought the quality table that costs two months of her rent, because it lasts longer.
They should've eaten on the floor for a few years until they could get a really good table. /s
People want things now, not later.
People also need things now, not later.
They often need things now.