XPost: alt.home.repair
From: bobnospam@gmail.com
On 5/2/2023 2:48 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2023-05-02, RonTheGuy wrote:
>> On May 01, 2023, Cindy Hamilton wrote
>> (in article):
>>
>>> Better and cheaper rarely travel together.
>>
>> When it comes to working on your own vehicle, they do.
>>
>>> Why should I buy Kraft
>>> Parmesan cheese when Parmagiano-Reggiano is available?
>>
>> Oil is a commodity fluid, much like whole milk certainly is.
>> Which whole milk do you buy?
>
> The store brand at my grocery. In addition to being the least
> expensive, it tastes the best. Other brands (including the store
> brands at other grocery stores) sometimes have off flavor.
>
>> What's the difference between the other whole milks out the there?
>>
>>>> People like you are think there is only one quality metric. Price
>>>> They buy by price BECAUSE they don't understand what it is they're buying.
>>>
>>> My husband is a retired engineer, in the 99th percentile of mechanical
>>> aptitude. He certainly understands what he's buying. He is so
>>> rarely wrong, I've just gotten into the habit of trusting him, no
>>> matter how outlandish his proposal sounds.
>>
>> If he's the one saying that the only metric of quality is price, then put
>> him here instead of you speaking for him & I'll tell him what I told you.
>>
>>>> And there is nothing wrong with that.
>>>>
>>>> What's wrong is thinking that those who buy by UNDERSTANDING what they're
>>>> buying are somehow wrong. They're not. They know the product rather well.
>>>>
>>>> Ron, the humblest guy in town.
>>>
>>> No. You're an arrogant ass.
>>
>> I'd rather converse with rbowman who is actually trying to say something.
>> It's you who is arrogant. You said price is the only quality metric.
>
> No. I said price and quality don't always go together. Sometimes the
> most expensive thing is optimal. Sometimes the least expensive thing
> is optimal. In my experience, it's usually the one in the middle.
>
> You jumped to the conclusion that I always buy the most expensive thing.
> Hope you had a nice trip.
>
>> I simply told you that motor oil is a commodity - price isn't a quality
>> metric for commodities - the quality of the oil is the quality metric.
>>
>> And that's stamped on every container.
>>
>> You think I'm arrogant because you feel that the fact you know nothing
>> about motor oils gives you the right to tell others that they're not
>> commodities, while others here - who do know oils - don't say what you do.
>
> No, I think you're arrogant because you're arrogant. You have an
> inflated opinion of your intelligence.
>
>> People like you, who never know anything about what they're buying, always
>> deprecate others who do know what it is that they're buying.
>
> Ah, people like me. I'm glad you know me so well. Drop by sometime,
> and we'll have a cup of tea together.
>
>> If you ask how I know you know nothing about motor oils, it's not only
>> because you haven't mentioned a single quality metric about oils, but also
>> because you equated price to quality which is always the mark of someone
>> who knows nothing about what it is that they're buying.
>>
>> People who know nothing of what they're buying, are the ones who buy by
>> price because they inherently feel, instinctively, that price equates to
>> quality. It might. It might not. It usually has nothing to do with quality.
>>
>> It has more to do with advertising than anything else given oil is a
>> commodity.
>>
>> BTW, there's nothing wrong with you not knowing how to buy motor oils.
>> What's wrong is you telling others how they should buy motor oils.
>
> Please quote me where I told anyone how to buy motor oils.
>
>> Nobody said you can't buy by price alone and not by quality.
>> You're the one who said not to buy by quality but to buy by price.
>
> No, I didn't. Read very, very carefully. Sound out the words if
> you need to.
>
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