@TicketsCandy This is a great question, one thing that comes to mind in the past couple of years for us. We started laser engraving leather patches and we went with a cheap cap press from Amazon, It was an automatic cap press, meaning it raised and lowered itself. it worked good for the first fair, then the second fair on the second day it just died, so we were without a press for a few days. We ordered what we we should've ordered in the first place and after thousands of caps being pressed it's still going strong.
After signing up for an outdoor event I ordered this cheap tent for set up instead of purchasing a tent I had seen and touched instore. I thought why spend all this money when I can find one very similar with more color options. The tent arrived and when I did a test set up before the event the poles were so flimsy they quickly bent and broke. The tarp looked so cheaply made...I thought I was getting the one with windows I could look out of, nope they were painted....I ended up going back to get the original one I saw....
Not business related but I did this with shoes once as well....I saw this pair of heels that were soooooo beautiful and had memory foam inside for extra comfort. They were very pricey and I didn't want to spend that amount at that time. This new shop had opened in the same complex, so I went to check them out. They had a shoe that looked so close to the one I was interested in for more than half of the price. It was such a good deal (I thought at the time) I got in in two colors. Got dressed for date night and the shoes were so uncomfortable I couldn't even walk in them. My thought pattern now, is buy it right the first time....
