There is something that I usually do when purchasing a commodity - Calculate how much time it takes to utilize a rupee of the amount spent on that item..
For e.g I bought a Capri(fancy term for the three-fourth that we all know) at 350/-. Considering that I would wear it twice a week for say 40 hours for approximately a year; that would come upto somewhere 5 hours utilization for a rupee - Very good...
On the other hand, if I bought some T-shirt for the same amount - and wore it only 10 times when going out, that would make up only like 5 minutes for a rupee - Not so great...
Worse still are items of luxury or say for the geeky us - gadgets. My 33k laptop should run for over 10 years incessantly to match the scale of the Capri :D !!
Well of course there is a flaw in the above notion; every thing has its own purpose and value, and correspondingly a different utilization policy. Different things have different value - a clothing item by no means serves the purpose of a laptop....
But the rupee utilization scale helps in thinking before putting money on something - a 33k modest laptop does provide most of the needed functionality needed of an exotic 1lac model like a mac or alien-ware
On the downside - this does bring out the "kanjoos" side of oneself.
Would'nt it rather be better to save some 500/- that you would spend per head at a hotel to have some delicious meal, by say purchasing some books ??
Or save up some money by not lavishly spending a day-out at some resort or tour ?
Surely it is a fun-kill when one applies it bizzarely in all situations!!
Going beyond money related utilization, like time utilization - the same principle can be applied...
The time I spent writing this post was certainly better utilized than that when I would simply laze around by watching some movie or sitcom; but if spent on the big things coming up: MTP reports and presentations and Placements - it would have been even better.
But what can I say - Human nature!! Always attracted to things that are in the long-run insignificant...
To conclude(well, no matter how hard I tried, this post did turn out to be an essay - so let me throw in a conclusion..), Rupee Utilization is one of many ways to effectively spend money on things you need, but most often than not it conflicts with a compromise of quality/fun/flauntmanship..
There come many situations where the latter holds prominence, so you dont care about how bad your rupee is getting utilized!!
(Ok, that did sound freakishly weird, but since I put some time and effort onto it - I am going to let it stay...)
Have a good day folks :)
