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A comment on Ask HN: What's Wrong with Penny Pinching?.

Re:Ask HN: What's Wrong with Penny Pinching? by markus_zhang on Monday August 16, 2021 @04:12PM (#28202320)
It's nothing wrong if you enjoy the process. From my observation people who are obsessed with idea X usually enjoy it, however weird that looks like for the rest of us.

If you are asking: Do we agree that "The Rich don't penny pinch", I'd say no because I have seen rich people doing that. People who are super rich but struggle with just a very small amount of $ because they simply don't agree that the merchandise/service worth it.

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Re:Ask HN: What's Wrong with Penny Pinching? by cowvin on Monday August 16, 2021 @04:22PM (#28202454)
The classic example of a rich guy who penny pinches is Warren Buffet. He famously still used coupons to buy food from McDonalds (source: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/17/warren-buffett-once-paid-for...).
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Re:Ask HN: What's Wrong with Penny Pinching? by markus_zhang on Monday August 16, 2021 @05:01PM (#28202919)
Yeah he is one good example. I also saw a few not that rich but still rich examples back when my friends worked as a tax accountant.
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