"I can’t know for sure, but I have the sense that in pre-consumer societies, there was less emphasis on paying first prices (i.e. getting things into your possession) and much more on paying second prices—doing the work necessary to use what you have, and becoming someone who always does."

"Paying only the first price is about the same as throwing money in the garbage."

https://www.raptitude.com/2022/01/everything-must-be-paid-for-twice/