[snarf21]

I agree. In the end, we trade our time for money and our money for (different) time.

There also gets a point where some of these things become "penny wise and pound foolish". I'm reminded of the people who spend 20 minutes driving across town to save $0.20 a gallon on gas. Which even in an empty 15 gallon tank, is a savings of only $3.00. Net cost benefit analysis says they would be better off working an a fast food restaurant or something for a higher trade-off of money per hours.

[Simon_O_Rourke]

Yes exactly this... Queues of cheapos outside the lowest price gas station in town to save a pittance in dollar terms but not realize the lost opportunity cost striving to save a buck.