"I'm just going to buy this part on amazon quick"
*3 hours later
"I don't know which is better! urgh!!! this one has 1400 reviews 4.5 stars, but this one has 800, but known brand. And here are 300 more lookalikes but if you look closely something is wrong with every one of them"
It’s ridiculous. There’s probably a name for the law whereby you have zero trouble dropping thousands on a stock trade but agonize for days over the $14.99 vs $12.99 widget on Amazon. Whatever the condition, I have it.
For me the issue is usually just an internal conflict over feature X. I will find identical products, but one has one feature and other doesn't, but the brand is some Chinese knockoff and I don't know if I should trust it. I personally prefer brands I am familiar with, and I always look for build quality over anything else. I want my products to be rock solid and last.
I hear ya.
Intending to build a PC with my eldest over the summer. Picking parts is going to take me far longer than assembling them. Will read all reviews.
That's exactly what I planned on doing with my 6 yo. I doubt he'll take THAT much interest, but I have this tiny case from Teenage Engineering laying around and I thought I'd let him bend it into shape (you literally have to bend it haha), and then plug some hardware in while I explain what it does. Then he can use it as his own.
Same problem with Google when you aggregate all data to one search. Somehow gets worse over time.
