Philosophy

There is nearly nothing on this earth, that someone could not design
a little poorer and then sell it for less.
And people who just orientate themselves on price only,
will be the fair victim of such machinations.

It is unwise to pay too much,
but it is unwise to pay too little.
When you pay too much,
you lose a little money, that is all.
When you pay too little,
you sometimes lose everything,
because the thing you bought
was incapable of doing the thing
you bought it to do.

The common law of business balance
prohibits paying a little and getting
a lot: it cannot be done.
If you deal with the lowest bidder,
it is well to add something
for the risk you run and, if you do that,
you will have enough to pay for something better.

JOHN RUSKIN - Economist  1819-1900