You DON’T always get what you pay for
"Buy now, pay 3 times more later."
News: You DON’T always get what you pay for.
The Department of Understanding Humans, or D.U.H. released another controversial finding today. ” It turns out, D.U.H. said, “that contrary to popular belief you don’t always get what you pay for.”
For example, D.U.H. interviewed quite a number of taxpayers who told the interviewer in no uncertain terms, that the government they are getting for their hard earned tax money, was NOT what they paid for.
“This was a big eye-opener,” said the spokesperson. ”It didn’t take us long to realize that what they were saying was so true. That destroyed the myth of “you get what you pay for”. But, that wasn’t the only example we discovered. We found many, many people with long stories about how they paid a lot for something, and didn’t get anywhere near the full value. Some of the few examples of the many items we discovered that ended up having less value than what people paid for: stocks, used cars, old houses, and political contributions.”
Some people get MORE than they paid for.
” Now, to be fair, we realized the opposite is also true. Some people had fascinating stories of how they paid a lot less for something that it was worth, and for most of the same items that people overpaid for. How about that ? People explained that there were a few places, such as eBay and yard sales, where sometimes you could get a LOT more than you paid for.” In other words, he said, “ sometimes you come out ahead, but don’t count on it. Most of the time you lose.”
There were loads of other reasons people don’t get what they paid for. Sometimes it was the money that was worth less. Plus, some advertisers tell people they will get a lot, but it’s not true, and other advertisers say something has a “real value”, when that’s only what they want you to think, since what they’re selling is only “worth”, the so-called “one time only” price. When that happens, people sometimes DO get what they pay for; they pay a little, and get a lot of crap. That works out for everyone.”
A few people DO get exactly ( or at least approximately ) what they pay for.
Certainly, the people who pay 20 dollars and get 4 five dollar bills, receive almost exactly what they paid for. And, some people feel satisfied that they indeed got what they paid for in many other transactions that were studied, but it’s a touchy issue, explained the spokesperson.
“It’s very hard to measure precisely when someone is getting exactly what they pay for. If someone else sells exactly the same item for a different price, what do you do then ? “, asked the spokesperson for D.U.H. “It’s very confusing. Or, if you buy something today, and your money value goes down after you buy it, does that mean you really DIDN’T get what you paid for, or that you got MORE than you paid for, since now it costs more to buy the same thing.”
“We left those and other questions up to the public,” said the spokesperson. ” One thing we know for sure from our study, that a great deal of the time, you DON’T get what you pay for. Much of the time, it’s not even close. ”
