If I give you a banana for a dollar and you eat half of it and then trade it back to me for 75 cents, then give me a quarter for a new banana did you pay me $2?
The phone I traded isn’t worth what they’re giving me if I sell it open market. I don’t understand how you got your numbers, but I can see you figured it out by the fact your post is deleted.
Yeah but the 1200 is now spread out over 4 years, making my phone cost go from 500/yr to 300/yr. Let’s say next time it adds 200. Now I’m in for $1400 over 6 years, for a cost of $233.33/yr. Repeat for $1600 over 8 years, now I’m doing better than you and I have a top of the line phone.
You’re speaking like the old phone is money. It’s not. It’s an old phone I don’t want that someone who wants to take advantage of me in another way will pay way too much for.
This isn’t an investment. A car is not an investment. Money will be exchanged for goods and services.
You have to forget about the initial $1200, that’s the entry fee. You will always need a phone. You will never not pay for that privilege. I can afford a nice phone and it makes financial sense to me to do that. I’m not better than you. We’re both doing our best.
I guess what I’m saying is I know the game and I am playing it with intent and the knowledge that another way might be cheaper. What is money for if not comfort?
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If I give you a banana for a dollar and you eat half of it and then trade it back to me for 75 cents, then give me a quarter for a new banana did you pay me $2?
The phone I traded isn’t worth what they’re giving me if I sell it open market. I don’t understand how you got your numbers, but I can see you figured it out by the fact your post is deleted.
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Yeah but the 1200 is now spread out over 4 years, making my phone cost go from 500/yr to 300/yr. Let’s say next time it adds 200. Now I’m in for $1400 over 6 years, for a cost of $233.33/yr. Repeat for $1600 over 8 years, now I’m doing better than you and I have a top of the line phone.
You’re speaking like the old phone is money. It’s not. It’s an old phone I don’t want that someone who wants to take advantage of me in another way will pay way too much for.
This isn’t an investment. A car is not an investment. Money will be exchanged for goods and services.
You have to forget about the initial $1200, that’s the entry fee. You will always need a phone. You will never not pay for that privilege. I can afford a nice phone and it makes financial sense to me to do that. I’m not better than you. We’re both doing our best.
I guess what I’m saying is I know the game and I am playing it with intent and the knowledge that another way might be cheaper. What is money for if not comfort?
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