In my younger days, I must admit that the thought of paying several hundred dollars for a kitchen appliance like a KitchAid stand Mixer was not only not in my budget but also something not to mention I couldn’t justify the expense. It’s been a few years now and several mixers later when I realized that quality matters.
Like many people just starting out, I was interested only in 1 thing and that was price. How could I mix up my occasional birthday cake without costing my anything. I could mix by hand but as anyone who has ever known 20 something, there’s a limit to the amount of actual effort we want to do before we justify going out and buying something. So during the first few years of independent life, the 25 dollar hand or portable mixers were my preferred kitchen mixing appliance.
Over the years I realized that buying the cheaper, or as the marketing people say “less expensive” portable type mixers, I decided to quit buying on price and start choosing consumer goods based on quality and a good value.
Now “good value” may mean a lot of things to different people but to me it means paying a fair price for a...