Should you hire a discount realtor to save money?

Late last year, I bought these brand new wireless headphones. My first ones. I bought them for my phone. I'm on the phone a whole lot, so I thought it just made sense.

I did my research.

I spent probably hours looking online.

I looked at reviews.

They were decent, not the best, but not the worst, and they came relatively cheap.

And I was like, hey, man, I got a great deal on this...

Until I didn't.

A couple months in, it's as if someone just flipped a switch and I could not charge them or use them for more than 15 minutes.

It was awful.

I'd be on the phone for 15 minutes and the thing would come on it would say, "low battery, please

charge, on time."

I was like, man, again.

I tried different plug ins. I tried different wires. I tried a whole bunch of things. I even called the manufacturer and they said, "oh, you probably wore them out."

I thought, how could I? I didn't use them enough for it to drain the battery that much, that quickly.

It didn't make sense.

I had to then go and buy proper ones that had top reviews. They were on the more expensive side. It almost felt like I spent a lot more buying the crappy ones and I should've just bought the good ones in the first place.

And it got me thinking about all the times that I've done that, where I bought something cheap, thinking I was getting a great deal, and then it ended up costing me way more in the end.

I've done that with microwaves.

I've done that with TVs.

I’ve even done it with contractors. Got a cheap contractor only to then have to hire a more expensive one to get it done right.

Now, if I went through that, and you can relate to this, that you ended up buying something cheap and had to spend more money, why in the world would you go with a cheap real estate agent?

When you're going with the largest purchase or sale of your life, when you're looking to buy or sell a home?

The choice is yours.