3 Cheap Purchases That Beat Expensive Alternatives

Tosny
4 min readApr 24, 2023

Cheap is often cheap for a reason, but do you really need what the more expensive option offers?

It is a business's job to convince you that you “need” something.

When they can’t convince you that you need something as well as something else, they will convince you to buy the better version, the optional extras, or the premium features.

This is annoying and often nonsense.

If you have spent any time reading Bulls**t Jobs by David Graeber, you may understand what I mean more.

So in that spirit, what is best done cheap?

I will try to help you today, as I try to do in all my writing.

1. Basic Kindle £74.99 when on sale, around $80

I have the Kindle Oasis, the fancy one, but the thing I use most of all is the basic, denim (blue) Kindle.

Why would I use the Fiesta when I have the Ferrari in the garage?

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Tosny

Sharing what I know, what I’ve read and what I think, or thereabouts.