Re:The cost of higher education for students on the edge of ...
by ahains on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @03:53PM
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The one that drives me crazy is comparing an ongoing expense to the price of a latte each day.
Re:The cost of higher education for students on the edge of ...
by thaumasiotes on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @04:00PM
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It's a fair comparison to make in terms of costs. But if your income temporarily stutters, you can just stop buying lattes.
Re:The cost of higher education for students on the edge of ...
by watwut on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @04:41PM
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I don't buy latte each day. I know no one who does.
If I would be theoreticaly buying latte each day, it would be either because I would love latte so much or because of some social reason (collegues I want to talk with are going there so I have to join etc).
Compared product is usually not needed socially and is no more appealing then daily latte I am not buying.
that's not really what I was trying to argue. I'm trying to point out the mindset of someone in her position purely thinking of monthly payments.
An "extra" $100 a month doesn't sound like a lot of money and the sales people push this hard because it obfuscates the true cost of the purchase. For example my real estate agent kept trying to do this when I was buying a house, an "extra $200 a month is a small price to pay for the house you love".