are free things expensive?

@fredgame (1260)
China
September 14, 2007 7:46am CST
i've often heard people say cheap or free things are expensive. i don't clearly agree with this statement but the explanation to this given is that when something free is given the quality could be very poor, the side effect could make you cost more than if bought at a price. could you give you idea on this statement? how do you understand it? share your thought. thanks for sharing.
3 responses
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
14 Sep 07
It is not absolute. Cheap things could cost much in repairing them later when something goes wrong. But cheap things also have the possibility that they are out of date but still with good quality. You know, with the fast development of high-technology, many products are being upgraded very fast. This makes it necessary to have more products replace the old ones. Then the outdated products would have to be lowered in price...
• China
1 Oct 07
Thanks for the BR, friend.
• China
14 Sep 07
Hello,friend, I am not fully agree with what you said,It is reasonable to some degree. The cheap things are the things which the producer can't sell them well so they have to make the price more lower,of course the products will not so good,that's why their product can't sell out. However,I will buy good things at a low price, I will give you an example,I will buy worm clothes in summer,when in summer the price of the thing will not so high as it is n winter,however,The quality of the product are all the same,there is no difference between them.That's all because of everyone don't need these things in summer so the producer will make the price lower.so it is a good time for us consumers.
• United States
14 Sep 07
All depends on what the item is. Say you buy a car for 200$, "cheap"! Well they didnt tell you it needs a whole bunch of things that will cost you say 1,000$ to fix! So "cheap" is expencive in this instance. Or like when I got my dog I got her for "Free". Well buy the time I was done with shots, spaying and microchip I spent 600$ on a "Free" dog. Although there are things you can get for free or cheap and wont cost you anything. You have to look at every possible angle when you get something cheap or free.