First off... it was tongue in cheek. ;~) Point was buy it... enjoy it... if it turns out that you use it a lot and it's a quality tool you'll forget what you paid for it. If you use it and it's junk you'll never forget what you paid. If you don't use it and stumble across it years later you may not even remember buying it...
Yes, price is an issue. Everyone has a price point/budget that comes into play when making purchases. In my woodworking club there are guys who drop many thousands without blinking an eye and there are guys who agonize over seemingly trival and relatively inexpensive items. Most fall somewhere in between.
Over time I've had occasion to purchase tools, including stationary tools, that were of no clear use to me at the time but they struck my fancy. My
1905 Crescent 36" bandsaw is the largest such purchase... stands about 8 feet tall! To me it is just way cool! I bought it because I liked the idea of having a 36" bandsaw not because I needed it--though I can think of things I could do with it that would be difficult or impossible on my 18" saw. One of my female friends, as a way of busting my chops, refers to it as my "big tool." Maybe that was the real justification. ;~)"It's cheap" led me to buy a LOT of stuff in January 2004 when Woodworker's Warehouse went out of business. The last couple days things were selling for a few pennies on the dollar, e.g., I think I paid $1 for a table saw side table that I set up as an out feed table and a buck a piece for things like shaper rub bearings. Some of that stuff is still brand new in the wrapper all these years later. While rearranging the drawer for my shaper stuff this evening, to make room for three new cutters, I came across a large ogee cutter that I forgot I had from the WW purchases. It's so big that 5/4 or
6/4 would be needed to see the whole profile. It's brand new in the box and here I am 8 years later and I have a project coming up where I might be able to use it... good thing I was rearranging the drawer or I might have purchased another one and paid real money for it! ;~)Perceived need drives some purchases... existing tools could serve. Variety makes things more interesting... biscuits, pocket screws, mortise and tenon, nails... all could be used but corrugated fasteners and staples could work took. Gotta have them all. ;~)
John