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The Dollar Rule vs. iPods

Submitted by George on Thu, 2008-08-28 16:54

The Dollar Rule vs. iPods

Let's say you bought a new iPod Nano for $149. To apply the Dollar Rule to this purchase we of course want to know if you're getting at least 149 hours of (person-hours) of benefit from it? So if you use it an hour a day, that works out to around 21 weeks (say 5 months) if you use it 7 days a week.


 

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Refining the Dollar Rule

Submitted by George on Thu, 2008-08-21 03:51

Refining the Dollar Rule

Although we've applied the Dollar Rule to various example purchases (like the Nintendo Wii Fit, baby gear, and laptops), let's take a more critical look at the Dollar Rule itself.

The Dollar Rule: A product or service you buy should return at least 1 hour o


 

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