• mastertigurius@lemmy.world
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    If you pay pocket change for tools, you get shitty tools. If you buy cheap toys, they’ll break within a couple of days. You get what you pay for, and employment is a business transaction where I’m selling my knowledge and time. If the employer doesn’t want to pay, he’ll get the budget version of both.

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      That’s why understanding the difference between “cheap” and “inexpensive” is important.

      • waz@feddit.uk
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        The German word Preiswert is great for this, means ‘worth the price’ As opposed to billig - cheap.