What do you value enough to pay a premium for?

[dented]

Health Care, without it not much else will matter eventually.
Travel and entertainment
Computers and gadgets
Food and beverage

[fuzzbender]

Yes, i'm not a doctor, but i imagine on a daily basis your feet and teeth probably suffer the most punishment. Therefore treat them to some custom made Jermyn Street shoes and a Harley Street dentist. You decide which way round.

[JuSteve]

Lenses/photo stuff
Audio
Comps & Monitors
Health Care (but is getting very generic, anyway)
Frets & Tones
Cars that drive better, the faster you go.
(Long time 2nd hand shopper.)

[hylo]

- Guitars
- amps
- whisky
- Downhill and all mountain cycling
- sports gear in general

[musicalmartin]

Sex.....

[twangking]

Vodka and my wife. Usually good vodka to put up with the wife.

[bingy]

Dark, French Roast Coffee Bean .

[Slow Reflexes]

Originally Posted by 1293

Quality.

That's my answer. I'm actually kinda surprised someone said it, seeing as I can't find any of it on the shelves at the major retailers.

What really sucks is that by the time anything I buy needs to be replaced, it's next to impossible to find anything equivalent... and the stuff that is considered "high end" by then is of such a craptastical level of quality that it would have been considered absolute garbage when I bought the previous stuff.

[bjsa06]

running shoes
parmesan cheese
yes, coffee
European Beer (esp Belgian)
Bacon

[tpaul]

Interesting that "coffee" has come up so many times. I, too, am happy to spend a little more for locally roasted coffee that is wonderful to drink, and miles ahead of anything you can get in a can.

Another interesting question would be, what are you NOT willing to pay a premium for:

Gasoline (driving a 17-year-old Nissan, so high octane would just be a waste of money)
Clothes (I try not to buy Walmare shirts any more, but regular department store stuff is usually fine)
Amps (I'm sure top-of-the-line boutique amps sound terrific, but these days I'm more about "personality" than "pristine" when it comes to sounds... and that goes for guitars and pedals as well)

[Sleph]

Whiskey (Bruichladdich)
Shoes
Motorcycle Tyres

[BobbyZ]

Boots.

[64Strat]

"What do you value enough to pay a premium for?"


Knowledge

and the wisdom to use it properly.

[piece of ash]

Originally Posted by tpaul

Interesting that "coffee" has come up so many times. I, too, am happy to spend a little more for locally roasted coffee that is wonderful to drink, and miles ahead of anything you can get in a can.

YES... Maybe it was Starbucks or something... once I learned what coffee was supposed to taste like... Arabica beans... there was no going back. $8-9 for a little bag? WTF... I can handle a buck a day...

[Clutch442]

For me it's healthcare(I have no choice at this point). And anything that goes on my '71 C-10(It keeps my mind off the healthcare).

[Twelvefrets]

Custom built acoustics
custom built electric
electirc guitar cord
shoes

[Warm Gums]

Pretty much everything..but
I buy almost everything second hand, I have very few possessions that have not come from thrift shops, rummage/yard sales or the used rack of shops that have such a thing. If I do buy new it need to be at least 50% off. I hate store brands from places like Wall Mart (I rarely shop there) I stay a generation or two behind on tech and reap HUGE savings. Broken doesn't scare me and scratch & dent is your friend. I also enjoy fine dining, quality shows, exhibits etc. but I watch for specials, pay what you will etc.
I have never made more than 10K a year but by following the above, I have the lifestyle of some one making 5-6 times that.

[Skub]

Shoes and beds,if you're not in one you're in the other.