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Old 06-27-09, 06:03   #30 (permalink)
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Re: wasted money. rant

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Originally Posted by SuperBee364 View Post
I'm one of those "I gotta try everything" guys, and I do like to post my own experiences with the products I buy and test, but my intent has never been "you gotta have 50 different APC's to clean your dash", and I apologize if I've ever been taken that way. I just get excited about detailing and trying a new product is like crack to me.
You know sometimes we get wrapped around the axle on this forum because we have members who range from people who flit in here because they have a problem or a new car and never come back, to hobbyists/enthusiasts to weekend warriors to pros.

The hobbyists/enthusiasts are likely to try/buy many more products than they need to and be more into product nuances...but what's wrong with that? They have different needs/expectations than the others. I can think of a few members who buy every "secret sauce" marketing hype from certain vendors/mfrs and some of us remember the big rebottling scandal from a few years ago where one of the boutique products that was "painstakingly developed" turned out to be some bulk stuff with the "development" being the fragrance and the label art.

Bottom line, different strokes for different folks. If for some people trying new and different products all the time in little bottles is part of the enjoyment, fine, while for some people who are getting the job done, a 55 gal. drum is more appropriate, fine. In the same way that a pro photog is going to use a different camera than someone taking a few snaps of their grandkids, or a garage is going to put your car on a lift to rotate the tires while you at home use a floor jack.
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