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I will never understand some people

September 19th, 2015 at 10:05 pm

I have a friend who recently got into a fender bender. I was advising my friend to take it to a few places and get the best quotes possible, and try to haggle for an even better price where possible. She got different quotes, ranging from $650 to $2000 to get the bumper fixed.

Naturally, I advised to go to the $650 place, but her boyfriend is telling her to take it to a place quoting $1000 instead.

His reasoning? The $1000 place is cleaner looking, and so, he feels better about having her car fixed there. Yes. $350 extra... for a bumper... because the garage basically looks cleaner.

Now, to be fair, I know the condition of a garage can tell you a bit about the quality of the service there, but come on now, we're talking about a bumper here. For a Nissan sedan.

Why in the world would anyone want to waste $350 extra like this? She then told me about how he's obviously not a saver type, and likes expensive stuff... and something about taking pride in taking care of his stuff.... What does pride even have to do with any of this? It's such a strange, strange line of thinking that just utterly baffles me.

But after conversing about it last night and much of today about this, I think I have come to figure out that, sometimes, some people feel better about their product or services when they have paid "top dollar" for something. Even if it means unnecessarily overpaying.

People confuse me sometimes. This just makes no sense to me.

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4 Responses to “I will never understand some people”

  1. snafu Says:
    September 19th, 2015 at 11:18 pm 1442704682
    1442704682

    I rush to agree with your view. I'm just as bewildered by friends who brag about buying ridiculously overpriced 'branded' merchandise endorsed by a celebrity or sport's hero whose popularity will fade with the next wave. I was surprised to see Colbert's view.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYJz4okRpUk

    Why would anyone want anything that offered these people's lifestyle items? Why do people need someone who has been 'packaged' to tell them what they like ? I tip my hat to the clever marketers who have a segment of the population believing their twaddle.

  2. PatientSaver Says:
    September 20th, 2015 at 12:30 am 1442709057
    1442709057

    Cleanliness of the premises sounds like a dumb reason, but at the same time, going with the cheapest price doesn't always mean it's the best deal, if the quality of the workmanship, for instance, is sub par.

  3. Tabs Says:
    September 20th, 2015 at 12:37 am 1442709463
    1442709463

    Snafu, I just linked that very video in my previous post. Haha great minds eh?

    Patient, I agree one should never risk being too cheap. $500 is the actual fair price for a bumper in this case. Also, as far as we know, this garage is reputable and specializes in these things. In fact, the company name is AutoDents.

  4. FrugalTexan75 Says:
    September 22nd, 2015 at 03:16 am 1442891803
    1442891803

    Cleanliness of the garage definitely does sound like a strange reason to spend more than necessary.

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