Can you pay up for the standard model?

It’s usually a mistake to purchase an irregular version of a product because it fits your needs and is cheaper.

The future is more variable than it seems and there’s a reason why the nonstandard model is not standard.

For example:

- “I’m going to buy this one green car because the color doesn’t bother me and I just need to get to work.” This backfires when you need to sell the car because the family needs a minivan or when you forget that you’ll be using that car to pick up dates.

- “I’m going to buy this nice house at a great price in this poor school district because I won’t have kids in the foreseeable future.”

In my own life I made this mistake when I was purchasing pallet racking. I was offered standard heavy duty beams and lightweight ones. I chose

the lightweight because our business was mostly light stuffed animals and I wanted to save money. I didn’t anticipate our business shifting towards heavier goods and I didn’t appreciate the headache ensuring that we not put heavy pallets on lightweight beams!

The resale value, for the reasons I explained, sucks.

Typically it’s not much more expensive to go for the standard mode. It probably fits your needs and it fits everyone else’s too.

Pay up for it.

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