Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
What are some ways in which expensive products can be worse than cheaper ones? Examples that come to my mind: * Expensive clothes can be much less convenient to clean * In expensive hotel rooms it's often harder to figure out how to turn off all the lights * Expensive restaurants often have less choice in menus
42 replies
0 recast
9 reactions
MC10 | Bankless Consulting 🎯
@mc10
Expensive sunglasses break more easily than cheap ones. Tell me I'm wrong 😎
3 replies
0 recast
0 reaction
Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
On a similar note, I haven't been keeping track formally but I have noticed a roughly zero correlation between how expensive shoes are and how long they last.
3 replies
0 recast
0 reaction
MC10 | Bankless Consulting 🎯
@mc10
Less sure about this one, based on my expense. I have a pair of very nice (and expensive) Allen Edmonds. They require regular maintenance (ie, polishing the leather and resoling them) but they've been going strong for 15 years!
2 replies
0 recast
0 reaction
Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
Interesting! For me shoes pretty much always last 6-15 months. It could be that I walk a lot?
3 replies
0 recast
0 reaction
🪱
@worm.eth
The big difference in my opinion is if you can resole them. By and large - sneakers can’t be resoled which hurts their lifespan. Leather shoes or similar can have sole replacements which greatly increases their useful lives
0 reply
0 recast
0 reaction
Yousuf Haque
@yousufhaque.eth
Shoes need time to dry out from moisture. Generally speaking, alternating between two pairs of the same shoe will last longer than wearing through one pair and then wearing through the second pair In my experience shoes worn every day will last at most a year, but shoes that are part of a rotation last a lot longer
0 reply
0 recast
0 reaction
MC10 | Bankless Consulting 🎯
@mc10
Yeah, that surely sounds like a big factor!
0 reply
0 recast
0 reaction
