Cheap merchandise is not good?

By:

Marini Mohd Thaib

            “Kalah Membeli Menang Memakai” is a proverb that shows it is worth to pay with a lot of money for something that is so in good quality. People will spend money for something good doesn’t matter for items, services, food or anything. Why is that some items/services/food are expensive? It is because it made from the quality sources, established branding, it is hard to do it and so many reasons.

            How about if you can buy something with a same usage but with the cheaper price? Maybe some of them will not having faith to pay for low quality stuff, at least that is what they are thinking of. I believe in needfulness rather than desire. Why we need to pay more for something that we can get with a low price? And yes…again people will say good things=expensive and low quality things=cheap but for me as long as we can have the same impact of using that thing no matter the price is, it should be no problem with me. Well, of course it is depending of what you are comparing of. For an instance, my friends love to buy food container with Tupperware brand. For me it is super expensive. A small container can cost about RM40++ and it can archive to hundreds ringgit for a set. I can have the same food container with the lower price as low as RM2. My food is still in a good condition and the food container is in a good shape for a long period.

            Second example is apparels. My friends spend so much money to buy branded handbags. My handbag is cheaper than theirs but my handbag can last in years without any damage. See…branded items can’t give you guarantee that they can have a “long life”. As time goes by they will fade like the cheap items too. So why pay for more? Another example, my friends love to buy  “batik” to make as “baju kurung”. It can cost you hundreds. Well, ask yourself, why we need cloth? So that we can cover ourselves, right? It is enough for me to find something nice to look but cheap as long as it can cover my huge body. A watch…it can show us time…so I don’t need an expensive watch to do that to me. I am using Casio and I still thinking it is quite expensive for me. Well, a lot of people will argue with my opinion. We need to pay more for a good stuff.  I agree with you. Maybe I don’t have so much money to buy the extravaganza things so buying a cheaper thing is the only choice that I have.

            However, they are a few of things that we need to consider of the price with high quality. I will not doubt that. For an instance…shoes. We need a pair of good shoes to support our body because our feet need to absorb our weight body and we need our feet to walk around. So we need to consider high quality shoes with higher price. There a lot of other examples not to mention here.

            It is up to you to spend more money for certain purposes. You can do anything with your money. It is none of my business. My concern is, why spending so much money on things that you can get with a lower price? Self-satisfaction? To show off? I don’t know. You are the only one who know the answer.

            Buying things that you need is a result of your hard work, buying things that you desire is a reward of your hard work. Which one is yours?