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0 pointsJonLim15y ago0 comments

Going to echo this sentiment, however unpopular it may be. Free solutions are great and make business a lot easier and/or cheaper to conduct. However, you get what you pay for.

Your mileage may vary, but I have found that many free solutions offer some of the worst support in the world. Even worse if you are trying to use their software in a way that they hadn't intended.

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beagle315y ago· 1 in thread

> However, you get what you pay for.

No. You get what you reward for.

While payment is one form of reward, many customers reward a vendor with unconditional-repeat-business, in which case they usually get much less than what they paid for, even though they paid dearly. They just didn't reward for quality.

A lot of expensive products are pure garbage, and in those cases, you certainly DON'T get what you pay for. The simplest example I can think of is HDMI cable. They cost $30/6ft at RadioShack when on sale, and $1/6ft at Amazon or MonoPrice. Customers pay RadioShack for it; what do they get? How is this different than the general case, and how is this different than the specific case of software?

JonLimOP15y ago

In context, I was referring to "getting what you pay for" from free services, not so much the paid ones.

With paid services and products, you're aiming to get the best bang for your buck, so obviously you would evaluate cost vs. output or some other measure. As such, I would say "Hey, why is this HDMI cable from Radio Shack so expensive compared to Monoprice?"

And blam, I've made the best decision in terms of value.

I think.

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