You can make the "not buy or buy used" argument for any purchase. What you cannot factor into that equation is the value to you of that purchase. I recently bought a $1000.00 fly rod. I would catch more fish with a $10 Zebco Snoopy rod and reel set. I am sure that given enough years, that $990 difference could grow to millions. But I don't want millions on my 169th birthday, I want the feeling that rod gives me today. You can make the mathematically smart decision every day of your life and miss life completely.
