"There
is hardly anything in the world that someone cannot make a little worse
and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price alone are
that person's lawful
prey. It is unwise to pay too much, but
it is also unwise to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose
a little money, that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose
everything because the thing you bought is incapable of doing the thing
you bought it to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying
a little and getting a
lot... It can't be done. If you deal with the lowest
bidder it is well to add something for the risk you run. And if you do
that you will have enough to pay for something better." |
