John Ruskin quotation about Looking for Value
"It's unwise to pay too much but it's unwise to pay too little.
When you pay too much you lose a little money, that is all.
When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything,
because the thing you bought was incapable
of doing the thing you bought it to do.
The common law of business balance prohibits
paying a little and getting a lot.
It can't be done.
If you deal with the lowest bidder,
it's well to add something for the risk you run.
And if you do that,
you will have enough to pay for something better!"
via biral.com
– John Ruskin (1819-1900)
Linked from a typical "Macs aren't expensive" article, which was written partially in response to Microsoft's recent typical "Macs are expensive" advertisements.
