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Your best BIFL purchase? (lemm.ee)
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What’s your top BIFL purchase, that might not in itself has been all to frugal, but long term, will be?

After having 5-6 different office chairs over the last 10 years, none of which I liked. I went and bought a Herman Miller Aeron chair. It’s ridiculously expensive, but I’m so pleased with it and hope to keep it for well over 15-20 years. If that actually succeed, I will have spent less money one chairs than if I hadn’t bought it.

What similar items (cheap or expensive) do you feel the same about?

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[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm definitely "that guy", but chairs are hard to BIFL, as your body's needs changes. Kinda like asking for a BIFL mattress. You can do it, but not recommended.