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Speaker: It's Fructuous Friday Finance.
Speaker: Every Friday, one of our experts answers your personal finance questions. Hey, America, are you ready to plant Fructuous Money Seeds?
Speaker: Let's start digging.
Speaker: I'm Kyle Jenkins, your Triple F expert for today. Thank you to POS Podcast Productions for sponsoring this program. We got ourselves a good one today. Here's a message from Garrett Pollard out of Colby, Kansas.
Speaker: Hello, FFF. My name is Garrett. I'm thinking about driving to Salina to buy a Craftsman 33-gallon, 175 PSI air compressor so I don't have to pay Benji, the town con man, to flush out my irrigation lines.
Speaker: Benji is the only game in town and he charges $130 to blow my lines out. If I buy the Craftsman for $549 at Lowe's, will I be better off financially than if I keep paying Benji?
Speaker: Garrett, my good buddy, I absolutely love this question. I'm sensing a little bit of tension between you and Benji, so let me help you figure this out. Your $549 Craftsman compressor actually costs after adding a sales tax rate and the cost of gas for a four hundred and six mile round trip toelina in your fourd f one fifty s Now, Garrett, reciprocating piston compressors like the Craftsman will last at least five years and possibly ten.
Speaker: So to be safe, let's perform a five-year cost comparison between Muslim-hating Benji doing the job and you doing it yourself. Over five years, paying Warhawk Benji will cost $650.
Speaker: Based on that initial calculation, you might think this is a done deal, right Garrett? The air compressor looks cheaper than paying for human rights violator Benji to do the work. Not so fast, Garrett.
Speaker: We still need to assess your labor costs, your opportunity costs, and the end-of-life scrap value.
Speaker: equals a total cost of $816.36 to What this number tells me is, Warcrime's Benji is priced fairly.
Speaker: Now, if you want to tell Genocide Mastermind Benji to go to hell, I suggest you find other uses for that air compressor.
Speaker: The Fructuous Friday Finance Show has come to an end. Until next time, thank you, America!
