{"id":251065,"date":"2020-07-11T10:20:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T17:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=251065"},"modified":"2020-07-11T10:22:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T17:22:27","slug":"best-to-buy-the-cheapest-luxury-product-than-the-most-expensive-cheap-product","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/11\/best-to-buy-the-cheapest-luxury-product-than-the-most-expensive-cheap-product\/","title":{"rendered":"Best to Buy the Cheapest Luxury Product than the Most Expensive Cheap Product"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lesson from my friend Todd Hata:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Better to buy the cheapest iPhone or Tesla than buy the most expensive Android phone or the most expensive Toyota. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also \u00e2\u20ac\u201d perhaps better to buy the cheapest Lexus than the most expensive Toyota (Toyota owns Lexus). Also getting the cheapest Genesis car than the most expensive Hyundai car (Hyundai owns genesis).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similar line of thinking \u00e2\u20ac\u201d apply this to almost everything. Cheapest pair of Bose headphones, cheapest pair of any form of luxury goods to maximize your \u00e2\u20ac\u0153bang for the buck\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. <\/p>\n\n\n<div data-block-name=\"woocommerce\/handpicked-products\" data-edit-mode=\"false\" data-products=\"[87703,99911,178683,47329]\" class=\"wc-block-grid wp-block-handpicked-products wp-block-woocommerce-handpicked-products wc-block-handpicked-products has-3-columns has-multiple-rows\"><ul class=\"wc-block-grid__products\"><li class=\"wc-block-grid__product\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/product\/muse\/\" class=\"wc-block-grid__product-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wc-block-grid__product-image\"><img width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MUSE-BY-KIM-GREEN-1.jpg?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail\" alt=\"MUSE by KIM\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MUSE-BY-KIM-GREEN-1.jpg?fit=917%2C872&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wc-block-grid__product-title\">MUSE BY KIM<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wc-block-grid__product-price price\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\" dir=\"auto\">&#036;<\/span>&nbsp;1,420<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-button wc-block-grid__product-add-to-cart\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251065?add-to-cart=178683\" aria-label=\"Add to cart: &ldquo;MUSE BY KIM&rdquo;\" data-quantity=\"1\" data-product_id=\"178683\" data-product_sku=\"\" data-price=\"1420\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"wp-block-button__link  add_to_cart_button ajax_add_to_cart\">Add to cart<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"wc-block-grid__product\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/product\/henri-neck-strap\/\" class=\"wc-block-grid__product-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wc-block-grid__product-onsale\">\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\">Sale<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Product on sale<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wc-block-grid__product-image\"><img width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/henri-neck-strap-mark-iv-blood-red-7.jpg?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail\" alt=\"HENRI NECK STRAP MARK IV\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/henri-neck-strap-mark-iv-blood-red-7.jpg?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/henri-neck-strap-mark-iv-blood-red-7.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, 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