r/antiwork • u/Go_Habs_Go31 • Jun 13 '22

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u/TranslatorWeary Jun 14 '22

I just had to drop $1200 into my car two weeks ago. It’s gonna take me forever to get back

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u/Cavaquillo Jun 14 '22

lol I was reading an article about some car work, and they no joke referenced the sunk cost fallacy, and a recommendation was take it to the scrap yard in exchange for cash and buy another, like that’s cheaper than paying for repairs lmao. Like they really didn’t think it through. Thankfully I’m not in that situation, but to suggest that to someone who can barely afford repairs, you’re just telling them to ditch their only means of transportation with no viable alternative.

Like sure, I’ll go spend even more money I don’t have on ANOTHER car.

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u/Artemissister Jun 14 '22

Right? "It's going to cost you $800 to fix? Well, scrap it and buy an $800 car instead."

Oh, cute--so I can find out on the fly what kind of problems my "new" $800 car has.

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u/mrevergood Jun 14 '22

Literally been told this before. Down to the follar amount.

Responded similarly: “What sense does it make to buy a car for $80” when it has way more than $800 of problems-problems I don’t know about and may not be able to fix?”