In 2019, I am going to do my utmost to follow these 4 rules of buying crap (aka stuff)
1.I can’t afford crap until I can afford the version of it that’s built to last.
Don’t be tempted to buy cheap stuff. It is my responsibility to buy the product that will last. Wait until I can afford the proper version and in the mean time, I will discover if I actually need it. If people don’t buy crap, companies will stop making crap.
2. If I wouldn’t buy the crap again, don’t buy the crap at all.
If I lost the crap on the first day, would I buy it again? If yes, it means the crap is of significant enough value and within my means. Good crap.
3. It’s my responsibility to send crap crap back.
Don’t be lazy with sending smaller value items back if they don’t perform. Don’t let companies get away with selling me crap. It’s my responsibility to send/take it back. Be helpfully-fussy. This is INVALUABLE feedback to any company worth doing business with. How else can companies improve their crap?
4. Only buy new crap as a last resort.
Buy second hand. Give crap I don’t need anymore to people who will use before its gets unusable.