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pyotr filipivich

on Fri, 04 May 2018 19:43:15 -0400 typed in
rec.woodworking the following:

I shelled out for two pairs of Durashocks, alternated them, they
lasted years.
Then the day I needed gym shoes - walmart had them for 17.88. As
I wear them for at most two hours three times a week - they are
"lasting" a long time.

I can't
imagine a $20 pair of shoes even fitting on my dogs.

It's a "sermon illustration".

The reality is- if you buy two pair of shoes and alternate them,
they will last longer than if you buy one pair, wear them till they
'die', and then buy a second pair.

Two pair of ill-fitting shoes don't fit big feet any better than one
pair of ill-fitting shoes and two cheap pairs of shoes don't support
my feet any better than one cheap POS.

There is no cost savings in buying things which don't work - no
matter how cheap they might be.
You can't make scrap fast enough to show a profit, you can't
afford to buy even one pair of shoes you don't wear, no matter how
long they last, or cheap they were.
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pyotr filipivich
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