Patrick wrote: "if I could spend the same on just a quarter of things, but have those things top quality, made locally, and meet my needs without compromise, I'd be happier with what I have."
Yep! I imagine that most people on this list like the idea of products that work well, look good, last a long time, and somehow satisfy the soul. Most Rivendell products do that for me, and I, like John's grandfather, am often willing to pay more for an item that will last. But not always. A cherrywood five-drawer dresser from Thomas Moser costs $6,460, and though it might well be the Atlantis of dressers and therefore constitute a good value, I can't touch that price. So I buy a decent but lesser dresser (clean and simple design, made of alder wood in the USA) and hope that my soul will be content with people and experiences that one cannot buy. And, every once in a while, when I'm bored and when the consumer within me insists that I can buy meaning at a store, I make another trip to Rivendell! > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
