{"id":96,"date":"2010-10-05T01:34:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T01:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/?p=96"},"modified":"2010-10-05T01:34:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T01:34:00","slug":"whats-your-tipping-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/?p=96","title":{"rendered":"What’s Your Tipping Point"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last month I have been contemplating a purchase, one that is more $$$ than what I consider as trivial but less $$$ than what I consider a major purchase. So I researched and agonized and finally decided on the size and manufacturer I wanted. Then it was time to select a vendor, since it was an item not carried locally.<\/p>\n

I narrowed it down to two vendors, one that I had used and liked before, W, and one that many people swore by and many swore at, Y. Y offered the object of my purchasing frenzy for about 6% less than W. But then I looked at the shipping and handling costs – W’s was less that $1, Y’s greater than $10. Even with the shipping and handling added in, Y was marginally cheaper than W.<\/p>\n

I waffled back and for for a moment, teetering on the slippery slope of deciding on Y due to a less than 1% difference in total cost. I fairly quickly decided to go with W because of my past experiences with them.<\/p>\n

In physics, a tipping point is the point at which an object is displaced from a state of stable equilibrium into a new, different state. Like adding another coin to this stack:<\/p>\n

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\u00c2\u00a0In those terms, the difference in price (including shipping) between W and Y was not enough to exceed my experience based tipping point. I really haven’t been able to figure out what my tipping point is for this particular transaction, but I suspect that if Y were another 3% cheaper, I would have slid down the slippery slope and tried them.<\/p>\n

So what is your tipping point. When does your loyalty due to past experience give way to financial differences? Inquiring minds want to know.<\/p>\n

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