I suppose that it’s easy to tell yourself that it’s a superb method to consistently look for the cheapest option.
If you’re purchasing food ingredients, this might well work for getting by and simply being happy with what you eat.
However, there are other situations where being cheap is detrimental. I listened to a bad story recently from a coworker whose sibling had to get dental reconstruction following a terrible car accident. Because of the botched task administering lidocaine shots while every one of us were in the procedure, she has an extreme nerve injury in her mouth that is permanent. It affects the way she talks and the way she eats, and it kills me when I think about it. Sadly, someone provided her bad advice and told her to find the cheapest professional to hire, and it turned out in the worst possible way. I don’t gamble with our health, especially our lungs and other organs. Some people are totally indiscriminate about the things they’re willing to subject their lungs and other organs to, sometimes simply mold and bacteria in their homes from a lack of cleaning. Other times people are cheap with things like disposable a/c filters. There’s an big trend right now of people buying washable air filters, however they’re being led on by false pretenses. At best, a brand current washable air filter has a MERV level of 4, which is really horrific compared to our allergen filters with a MERV level of 12. Right away, they’re bad at modern air filtration altogether. But once you start washing them, they are a breeding ground for black mold and mildew spores as it’s next to impossible to get them to dry out completely after each procedure.