Go out of your way for a lower price

Not worth it

It costs you $6.50 more than it saves.

• It stops being worth it once an hour of your time is worth more than $10.67. You put $15.00.
• For every $1 saved, it costs you $1.26.
• What it costs: extras $9, your time $22.50.

This is a worked example with illustrative figures, not data about any real person or company. Change any of them in the calculator and the answer changes with them.

How this answer was worked out

Every formula is written out on the formulas page.

What the calculator asks you

• How much lower the price is
• Fuel, parking or delivery to get it
• Extra hours it takes
• What an hour of your time is worth
• Chance it goes wrong or you give up
• What it costs you if it does

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