5th day of being infected with Commandante fever. The journey to fight against material desires.

It’s been 5 days since I was infected with Comandante fever from the world’s best coffee grinder.

I continue to have fun collecting information.

What I thought about in the last 5 days

Feel the attachment on the official website

I feel like I’m being tossed around by the messages of celebrities and Youtubers, and being pushed in the direction I want to go.

The feeling of being swept up in the waves of marketing, driven by algorithms.

Although I felt a sense of discomfort, I continued to visit the official website , and my attachment to it grew even more.

This is a video posted on the official website.

In order to develop a love for tools, it is important not only to continue using them with care, but also to get a feel for the background behind their products and the spirit of the manufacturer.

I asked about the steps and control of material desires.

I was curious to see how my desire would turn out this time, so I decided to observe it.

I’m stuck with the fact that the initial trigger was “rewarding myself.”

This time, we focused not on functionality but on ownership.

I use a coffee grinder every day, and the current 3,000 yen grinder satisfies some of its functions.

I don’t have a sharp sense of taste when it comes to coffee, and while it would be nice if it tasted good, I’m not that particular about it.

This time, the emphasis is clearly on possessiveness.

If so, is it okay to buy second hand?

If you want to buy something from the perspective of long-term satisfaction by evaluating necessity, functionality, durability, etc., you need to ”correctly look” at the value of the product itself.

Is it okay to buy a used item as long as it has very little deterioration?

What is the value of a new product?

When buying a car, even if I evaluate its necessity, functionality, and durability, I don’t have the option of buying a new car whose value (price) will drop from the moment I buy it.

Because they place importance on the function of transportation, they don’t think of finding value in a car as ”something just for me” = ”new and never in anyone’s hands,” which is the embodiment of ownership.

The concept of trial rental fee

While searching for Commandante, I came across MandL’s blog.

How to buy a COMANDANTE C40 coffee grinder as cheaply as possible

No matter how good a product is, no matter how highly rated it is, when you try to incorporate it into your daily life, you find that it’s difficult to use, it’s not what you imagined, or if you think about it, it’s unnecessary, and you often end up regretting your expensive purchase.

At that time, you have the option of selling it, throwing it away (giving it away), or holding on to using it, but if you buy it as cheaply as possible first, you can reduce the loss when you sell it, so buy it once, try it out, and then make a decision. The hurdles to trying will be lowered. Products with high market value like the ”COMANDANTE C40” have high second-hand prices, so if you buy one and it doesn’t suit you, you can sell it and immediately make money for another coffee mill. (I will never sell it!)

In other words, rather than just thinking about buying as cheaply as possible, if you think about how much you can tolerate as a trial price (rental fee) before making a purchase , you can create many opportunities to encounter great products while keeping your expenses down. Masu. I think this way of thinking is particularly relevant when considering luxury line products.

Quoted from MandL LIFE

”Create lots of opportunities to discover great products while keeping expenses down.”

We live in a convenient world where individuals can easily buy and sell.

Shopping agency service BUYMA

Now you can also import it privately.

This was also introduced on the same page by MandL.

As for Commandante, an individual buyer living in Germany will buy it locally and have it shipped to Japan for a 5.5% transaction fee.

What a convenient world!

Outer box and brand

New and unopened items look attractive and are essential to satisfy your desire to own one.

But it really has nothing to do with functionality. When it reaches you, it reaches its climax and it’s over.

It’s like feeling a special joy in the vinyl on the seats of a new car and the new car smell.

When thinking about trial rental, it is important to keep the product in new condition.

I need to pick it up

It’s something you hold and use every day, so I’d like to pick it up if possible. I would like to compare it with competing candidates.

After all, it’s a lifelong candidate.

However, it’s something we live in the countryside, so if we want to pick it up, we have to go to town.

The round trip takes 3 hours and 4,000 yen.

Acquisition cost

No matter how much time you have, you will never have enough time if you research this and that before making a purchase or try to buy even 1 yen cheaper. That’s why writing a blog like this about the acquisition process is a waste of time.

If you want to pick it up and try it out, and it costs an extra 3 hours of travel and 4,000 yen, then you can just buy it, try it out at home, and if it doesn’t suit you, sell it. It might be the right way. Very efficient.

Trial simulation

Buy 50,000 yen with 10x points (actually about 46,000 yen), try it out, and if it doesn’t work, sell it.

If it sells for 40,000 yen, the remaining amount will be 33,150 yen due to the 15% handling fee and 850 yen shipping fee.

The difference is 12,850 yen = trial rental fee.

Is it a reasonable trial cost considering the hourly wage for research and the expenses of going to town? No, it’s a little expensive.

Maybe I should go out sometimes

Come to think of it, since I started buying things online, I rarely go out on the town anymore.

I just suppressed my material desires.

It might be a good idea to go out into town once in a while, invited by Comandante.

It looks like the trip will continue for a while.

Have a nice day!