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trevor266
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May 13, 2017
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You can literally pick these up on Amazon for like 5 bucks....
Paradigm84
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May 13, 2017
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trevor266Excluding the differences in bearings, build quality, design and materials, yeah you can.
Miguel_Sanchez
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May 14, 2017
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Paradigm84And waiting just as long for shipping. IF it ships. Nothing but just launched sellers trying to make a quick buck off cheap people.
Yosarian
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May 14, 2017
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Paradigm84CNC is CNC, I doubt these are machined to .000 or anything. Bearings are very cheap, even extremely good bearings. I make knives and am literally amazed by this kinds of things. People will piss money up the wall on the most absurd stuff. 50 dollars for about 2 dollars worth of materials and labor. smh
Paradigm84
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May 14, 2017
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YosarianIf it's that cheap and easy, I look forward to seeing your stuff on here.
trevor266
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May 14, 2017
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Paradigm84It's a triangle that spins. just think about that. 50 bucks for a triangle that spins, I could get 9 of them on Amazon and break 8 of them and still have one left, and spend less money than I would on this drop....it's plastic and metal...
Miguel_Sanchez
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May 14, 2017
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trevor266by that logic I can buy 50 toyota corollas instead of a lamborghini. It's just a car...
BrainFlush
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May 14, 2017
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trevor266"Literally pick these up"
Amazon has a store I can literally walk into? Where? I want to facetiously go.
Vigrith
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May 14, 2017
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trevor266Disregarding your ignorance toward what the production of this entails, this is just another example that goes for showing why mentality is so important in one's life - if you rather buy 10 plastic ones for $5 each instead of this one for 50 that's up to you, I was always taught to invest in quality and I owe much of what has been a mostly care free adult life to that. It'll not only save you the trouble of having things break all the time and having to be replaced but it'll also be much more satisfying in the long run because you're paying for assured quality.
If you're not slamming around this will never break meaning comparing it to multiples of x or y is irrelevant. Will the plastic one break? I don't know, I don't really care to find out but this has undeniable benefits over it and that is inarguable (be it quality, feel, aesthetics, whatever matters to you).
Now if you actually can't spend the money that's entirely different, by all means do buy a $5 spinner instead, but if you're just being stingy because you have zero awareness of how economy works then that's solved by the slightest bit of self education and common sense. Generally speaking there are only three reasons for buying cheap - 1. being sure of the quality of what you're getting (price performance et al.); 2. actually not being able to afford anything else; 3. to sell for more than what you paid later.
If you're not slamming around this will never break meaning comparing it to multiples of x or y is irrelevant. Will the plastic one break? I don't know, I don't really care to find out but this has undeniable benefits over it and that is inarguable (be it quality, feel, aesthetics, whatever matters to you).
Now if you actually can't spend the money that's entirely different, by all means do buy a $5 spinner instead, but if you're just being stingy because you have zero awareness of how economy works then that's solved by the slightest bit of self education and common sense. Generally speaking there are only three reasons for buying cheap - 1. being sure of the quality of what you're getting (price performance et al.); 2. actually not being able to afford anything else; 3. to sell for more than what you paid later.
trevor266
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May 15, 2017
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VigrithYou call me ignorant, then give an incredibly arrogant response in return, cool.
To just generally respond, yes, I think it is incredibly stupid to spend $50 on a triangle that spins, even if you have the money, it's an incredibly unwise use of money, to just throw $50 around on something so menial is extremely silly, especially when the $5 ones work close enough to the same, and not to mention the whole point of these is to have an outlet for anxiety, if that's the case, it's about the motion and the idea that you are doing something to keep focused instead of going stir-crazy, the "quality of the bearing" or the "cnc" on it is irrelevant, if that matters to you, to the point that it makes a significant difference, doesn't that mean you're focusing too much on the thing that is supposed to help you keep focused? Why would it matter what it's made of?
This is the same idea as an Apple product in my book (As an owner of several), sure, the MacBook Pro may be worth $1500-$3500, when you factor in build quality, the manufacturing and software being done by the same company, etc. but that _does not_ make the product a wise investment, when you could instead go buy a still very good computer that will still last you a long time, for quite a bit less, because again, buying something for 10x the amount for a slightly better build quality, is absolutely insane.
If you are seriously going to argue with me that I'm "being stingy" because I think $50 for a spinner is a little much, you should probably re-evaluate what you are saying.
One more thing, I was taught to invest in quality as well (part of why I said you gave an arrogant response, because it assumes I don't), and I do, when it matters; part of investing in quality is knowing when quality is something you should look for, if you "invest in quality" with everything, that's called being reckless with your money. Case and point, I own a Topre Realforce 87u, it's a $250 keyboard, but it will likely last me 10-20 years, and it's incredibly good for typing, and as a software engineer, that's important, ergo, I invested in a good keyboard. On the other hand, I don't often find myself grating cheese, sure I could go out and buy a cheese grater that costs me $40-50 and it will likely last me my whole life, but I could also go spend $6-7 on one that does the job, and it will probably last just about as long too, so it would be foolish and an unwise investment to buy a super nice cheese grater, soley because it's a nice cheese grater.
To just generally respond, yes, I think it is incredibly stupid to spend $50 on a triangle that spins, even if you have the money, it's an incredibly unwise use of money, to just throw $50 around on something so menial is extremely silly, especially when the $5 ones work close enough to the same, and not to mention the whole point of these is to have an outlet for anxiety, if that's the case, it's about the motion and the idea that you are doing something to keep focused instead of going stir-crazy, the "quality of the bearing" or the "cnc" on it is irrelevant, if that matters to you, to the point that it makes a significant difference, doesn't that mean you're focusing too much on the thing that is supposed to help you keep focused? Why would it matter what it's made of?
This is the same idea as an Apple product in my book (As an owner of several), sure, the MacBook Pro may be worth $1500-$3500, when you factor in build quality, the manufacturing and software being done by the same company, etc. but that _does not_ make the product a wise investment, when you could instead go buy a still very good computer that will still last you a long time, for quite a bit less, because again, buying something for 10x the amount for a slightly better build quality, is absolutely insane.
If you are seriously going to argue with me that I'm "being stingy" because I think $50 for a spinner is a little much, you should probably re-evaluate what you are saying.
One more thing, I was taught to invest in quality as well (part of why I said you gave an arrogant response, because it assumes I don't), and I do, when it matters; part of investing in quality is knowing when quality is something you should look for, if you "invest in quality" with everything, that's called being reckless with your money. Case and point, I own a Topre Realforce 87u, it's a $250 keyboard, but it will likely last me 10-20 years, and it's incredibly good for typing, and as a software engineer, that's important, ergo, I invested in a good keyboard. On the other hand, I don't often find myself grating cheese, sure I could go out and buy a cheese grater that costs me $40-50 and it will likely last me my whole life, but I could also go spend $6-7 on one that does the job, and it will probably last just about as long too, so it would be foolish and an unwise investment to buy a super nice cheese grater, soley because it's a nice cheese grater.
trevor266
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May 15, 2017
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BrainFlushReally? You're going to call out me out for using common verbiage that is used every day by tons of people? Yes, "Picking something up online" is a thing people say, I'm sorry you can't read into anything other than the literal meaning of the phrase or word.
As an aside, when I say "tons of people" I don't actually mean 2000+ pounds of people, it's a phrase that human beings say to represent the idea of a lot of something.
As an aside, when I say "tons of people" I don't actually mean 2000+ pounds of people, it's a phrase that human beings say to represent the idea of a lot of something.
BrainFlush
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May 15, 2017
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trevor266I'm just making fun of how you compare an Amazon one to this one. The rest was to be light spirited.
031999
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May 15, 2017
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trevor266There is a reason... I get bitched at by customers and my boss all day at my job, and I make good money for it. And if spinning a $50 spinner makes me 1% more happy than a $5 one... well than it is worth it. #TreatYourself
Seriously it seems like all the salty people are the ones depriving themselves of this spinner!! Hey guys, maybe if you spent $50 on a spinner you would loosen up a little bit. You don't think you will.... but you will :)
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