You’re not always getting a better product simply by spending more than you would on a cheaper version.
l discovered this the difficult way after buying an American-made guitar from Gibson last year that cost $1,200 before taxes. For this much currency, you would expect a phenomenal instrument. Maybe you wouldn’t expect it to be flawless, but it should have fewer problems than a foreign made guitar that is half its value. Once revered as one of the best guitar manufacturers in the world, Gibson now has a terrible reputation with selling substandard instruments that fail to meet the same quality standards that the Indonesian-made copies at $600 manage to do without any problem. It’s really sad because I had always wanted one of their guitars since I was a child, but now I realize it was partially hype. This is exactly what happened to me when I decided to start buying costly a/c filters. I thought that I’d be getting something better, more efficient, as well as much more capable of filtering out harmful particles from our indoor air. When I started to notice the air flow was a bit weaker coming out of the ceiling vents, my brain actually acknowledged it but I swiftly forgot and moved on. When I got my next electricity bill after using the new filter for a few weeks, I discovered a huge spike in energy use. The only change that I had made in our apartment was the new air filter. An HVAC told me that our new filter was too dense and it restricted air flow in our a/c. When I switched back to the cheaper filter, the performance troubles disappeared. You’d think you’re getting something better when you spend more currency, but this is not always the case.