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Budget is a limiting factor in most technology these days .. as there is rarely a ceiling on how much you can pay, and options are very different if you're looking at Â50 as opposed to Â500. Similarly beware of any typos in this field!! :D Just my 2c! Michael. On 19/03/18 17:47, mr meowski wrote: > As people sometimes ask for purchasing advice on the list could I > tentatively propose not exactly a 'rule' but a 'guideline' perhaps? > > Vagueness is one thing but if you're going to ask for any kind of advice > with buying stuff surely there is exactly one thing that really, really > shouldn't be left out: budget. > > Without knowing the single most important factor in any purchasing > decision we're basically taking shots in the dark at a moving target! > > "I want X, what should I get?" doesn't provide enough information to > even get started. "I want X and I have Y amount of $CASH" *is* a > meaningful question for example. > > Please feel free to tell me if this is a stupid idea of course and I'm > more than happy to try and field buying advice type questions but my > heart sinks a little bit every time I see a post of the form: > > "I want X. I know nothing about X or the current state of X. I vaguely > have an idea that there are variants of X but know nothing about them. > For $REASON I haven't bothered researching X. Money is 'limited' to Y > but I'm not telling you what Y is. What X should I buy?" > > The answer to that is honestly Â\_(ã)_/Â people! > > Cheers
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