[mooby]

I feel you. Just bought a new phone last month (paid retail price for it), then I did my taxes and found out I owe more in taxes than what I paid for the new phone. Then last week my car started having issues when I turn it on, so I have my tech check it out and he said I need a new starter. Well I'm thinking, I work in parts, a starter shouldn't be too expensive because I assumed I could get an OEM reman for about half the cost of a brand new starter. So I call around to my local aftermarket shops and the dealer and I found out nobody offers reman, so I gotta go new. (S/N I could go super cheap, but I prefer quality parts on my car because I've seen firsthand how many cars come back after we install cheap parts on them). Long story short, looks like a pb-j diet for the next few weeks until I get my finances under control.