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Originally Posted by klasaine
Like my wife says, "you can pay now, or you can pay later". I HATE paying later!
If I had to delineate it for myself, I guess QUALITY is "how many of my needs for said item does it fulfill" - including aesthetic needs. If I could afford it, including ALL operating costs, Ferrari (or similar) absolutely.
Relating it to guitar. I don't do cheap stuff. Most of it, other than the rare exceptional "find", doesn't fit my needs. Nothing that I own would be considered inexpensive or cheap from the 'retail' POV. Do I own a $6500.00 Tele or Start? No. That kind of money on my budget would impact the 'quality' of the rest of my life. Is the $6500 guitar high 'quality'? Probably, usually at that price(?). But it's not fitting ALL my needs right now.
So maybe quality resides in "the needs of the beholder" at the time?
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Wow. Great thread. So ...
Upon reading the rest of the posts I realize that what I described is "value" and not quality. I think two very different things. So in the words of Emily Litella ... "nevermind".