See, there's very little I'd say "not worth the money" to, if I can avoid doing it myself. I pay the nice men at the mechanic's to change my oil ($65, synthetic oil), because it's messy, a pain in the ass, and I don't know how. Takes them like half an hour, they do all the disposal stuff, and I don't have to worry about it. That's about 2 hours of my current pay*, but I would so much rather pay someone else to do it.
See also the bathroom remodel we did last fall. We know jack about building, let alone plumbing, wiring, and masonry, and we don't have the tools. It was a thousand times easier for us to call a guy and have him coordinate a bunch of people to come into our house and do their things using their own power tools than for us to figure that mess out. And buy a bunch of power tools which we'd probably never use again and have to find a place to store.
So I don't buy that.
*I make shit, as far as pharmacist salaries go. Retail starts at $45+/hr in my area, and after 2.5 years in my current job, I'm making $35.
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See also the bathroom remodel we did last fall. We know jack about building, let alone plumbing, wiring, and masonry, and we don't have the tools. It was a thousand times easier for us to call a guy and have him coordinate a bunch of people to come into our house and do their things using their own power tools than for us to figure that mess out. And buy a bunch of power tools which we'd probably never use again and have to find a place to store.
So I don't buy that.
*I make shit, as far as pharmacist salaries go. Retail starts at $45+/hr in my area, and after 2.5 years in my current job, I'm making $35.