The #1 reason (IMHO) to move to Canada

[Бойцовый кролик]

Are you saying that this phrase can't be used when a $1 million mansion is being sold for $800,000?

Which product would you purchase: a high quality lighter that is guaranteed to last for 10 years ($20), or a $0.50 lighter that will last for 1 year?

Возможно у нас с вами существенно разницца понятийный набор и я не могу ни один из примеров привязать к данному разговору.

[Oleg]

Возможно у нас с вами существенно разницца понятийный набор и я не могу ни один из примеров привязать к данному разговору.

If there is an area where homes sell for a million dollars, and you are able to purchase a home there for $800,000, then the phrase "value for the money" would be in order.

If there are two lighter options (see above), then the lower quality lighter could be described as providing "value for the money". Most rational decision makers would also choose the "lower quality" lighter in this case.

[Бойцовый кролик]

Книжки читал?

Нет. А без них осознать крутизну никак?

[Oleg]

Книжки читал?

Нет. А без них осознать крутизну никак?

+1

Не буду говорить про местное жилищное строительсво из г-на и картона тут и так все ясно

As you can see, it is possible that "high quality" is unfeasible. The builders and the real estate investors could be making a wise choice when they stay away from "high quality". Just because it is technically possible to improve the quality, doesn't mean that doing so would benefit the builders and the buyers.

[Бойцовый кролик]

If there is an area where homes sell for a million dollars, and you are able to purchase a home there for $800,000, then the phrase "value for the money" would be in order.

Зависит от этого самого value. Если дом из дерева и гипсокартона - и $500,000 будет жалко.

If there are two lighter options (see above), then the lower quality lighter could be described as providing "value for the money". Most rational decision makers would also choose the "lower quality" lighter in this case.

Тут вообще дело не в качестве. Я курить давно бросил, но когда курил я зажигалки покупал дешевые только потому, что такую не жалко потерять...

Говорю ж, не в кассу примеры

[Бойцовый кролик]

As you can see, it is possible that "high quality" is unfeasible. The builders and the real estate investors could be making a wise choice when they stay away from "high quality". Just because it is technically possible to improve the quality, doesn't mean that doing so would benefit the builders and the buyers.

Это как раз технически невозможно, ибо ни у одного канадского строительного инженера мозг не растянется дом на одну семью из нормальных материалов построить... Это противоречит пресловутому "This is the way it has always been". Точно так же, как одним моим знакомым с трудом удалось уговорить канадского маляра окрасить стены в два цвета и не закрашивать дорогие дубовые двери белым "чтобы выглядело по-богаче"..

[Oleg]

Зависит от этого самого value. Если дом из дерева и гипсокартона - и $500,000 будет жалко.

But, in the hypothetical example, you can turn around and sell it for a million. Don't think of it as paying $800,000 for something worthless, think of it as a riskless way to make $200,000.

The "value" of an object is not what YOU would pay for it, it is what the highest bidder would pay for it.

я зажигалки покупал дешевые только потому, что такую не жалко потерять...

I think the statement above can be translated as you saying that you bought cheap lighters because they are cheap. Put another way, high quality lighters were too expensive.

Using this logic, if someone offers you a way to not have to "pay an arm and a leg" for a home, while at the same time getting most of the benefits of a high quality home, you may want to be thankful.

Это как раз технически невозможно, ибо ни у одного канадского строительного инженера мозг не растянется дом на одну семью из нормальных материалов построить...

I don't know much about any of this, but surely there exists a price range with homes that you would consider to be of high quality. The $600,000 home that I once visited "for fun" looked pretty spectacular to me.