Blog Bites - You Don’t Need The Best of Everything

All our lives we’ve heard that you get what you pay for and that you should “always aim to purchase top quality products”.

But in today’s post I’m going to share with you how that’s not applicable for every situation.

Since we at A Step Above Style value your time (and because you already know why you’re here) we’ll jump right in.

Let’s begin.

There’s a time and a place to get the highest quality item.

Some Things Don’t Need To Be Great, They Just Need To Work

Here’s a example with my blue light glasses.

I use these because my job has me working from a computer quite often. So I wear these to protect my eyes.

Below is the pair I got from Staples and it cost me about $20 or so.

These are lightweight, stylish, and affordable. Most importantly, they just work!

And below is a pair I would love to have from Jacques Marie Mage. Unfortunately, they cost $795.00.

These blue light glasses from JMM are nice, but do I really need a pair that cost almost $800?

“Spend money where you see value “.
ASAS Words Of Wisdom

Am I at work behind a computer screen a lot? Yes. Do blue light glasses come in handy? Yes. Do I wear these everyday while working? Yes.

Should I buy the pair that cost $800?

No.

Cost Per Wear

Cost Per Wear = cost of item (divided by) number of times worn over its lifetime

$800 (retail price of glasses) divided by 260.

This is the retail cost of the glasses divided by the number of normal work days in a year (assuming a 5 day work week).

This brings the cost per wear down to about $3 after one full year of wearing them every single working day . Thats a long time just to get it to that amount.

Compared to the $20 pair from Staples that works just fine…

0.07 cents at the end of a year. As you can see, the cost per wear is significantly lower.

In short, unless I truly value having premium glasses for work, I should just get the affordable version that also gets the job done (no pun intended).