That’s how I buy stuff, but it does have a downside.

Get ready to ‘not have a solution’ for x for a very long time. I dont own a lot, and i love it that way, and pretty much everything i own is ‘for life’ stuff. (With few exceptions)… but there are sooo many simple things that I still dont have because I’m always looking for the right thing, and I can’t stand wasting money on products in the meantime.

Given long enough time, yes I’m in the right… it made sense, but it’s also often fairly big purchases, so you are inflicting a lot of issues on yourself, not buying stand-ins.