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[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Buying expensive things and imagining that they last longer just because of their price tag is also a good way to lose money faster.

[–] Signtist@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Correct. That's why I talked about finding niche communities to help find and parse through options. For example, I didn't just buy an expensive vacuum, I found a few vacuum enthusiast forums and looked through several threads discussing the best products for my budget price.

[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’ve spent the majority of my life connected in some way or another to the internet, starting as a kid on niche bbs in the 90s, and it never ceases to amaze me that there are vacuum enthusiast forums.

[–] Signtist@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Everybody's got a thing, and they're usually happy to talk about it to someone who's genuinely interested. Definitely helpful if you're looking into that exact thing.

[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah 100% and I’m glad that people have a place to talk enthusiastically about their thing!