I believe that line was used by Rolls Royce. I thought about it and realized it’s never applied to anything I’ve owned. I’ve bought some nice expensive things, but I never forgot how much I paid for it, and how much I could get for it if I sold it.
So, does it apply to anything you own?
Perhaps you’re taking it a bit too literally. It’s shorthand for “The enjoyment of the quality remains long after concerns about the price are forgotten.” I’ve found it to be generally true, especially in comparison to cheap crap where the displeasure from its poor performance remains long after any satisfaction from a low price is forgotten.
Yep. Most things I own in fact.
That’s not to say that I don’t continue to enjoy some things that were a real bargain as well.
Yeah, I find it is usually true when I don’t spend enough on a product. I’ll think I can get away with model X because it is a little cheaper, but after using it I will think damn, should have spent that little bit more and I would have been a lot happier. I am learning that sometimes spending that extra bit is worth it (not always, though. I wouldn’t go as far as to buy a Rolls, for example, so their ads wouldn’t apply to me when it comes to luxury cars.)
I guess my OP was poorly phrased. I meant with most expensive things I’ve purchased, the concern about the price never seems to go away. I keep wondering whether something cheaper would have sufficed, or whether something else (of comparable price) would have been even better. It looks like it’s just me though, hmm…
I’ve only heard it as the reverse: “The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.” And that has definitely proved true in my experience. But real bitterness comes from getting poor quality at a high price. I once owned a Saab…
The OP quote would be an odd thing for Rolls-Royce ad copy, BTW. They’re attitude was always, “If you have to ask, you can’t afford it.” I’m not saying they never said it, but it seems out of character for the brand.