The most expensive schools are at best average in learning outcomes.
The more expensive the hospital, the more damage they will do to your health. If it's a "corporate for profit" hospital, run for your life. They will empty your wallet, and ensure you suffer permanent damage also.
The more expensive the handbag, or shoe, or whatever, the more bizarre it is likely to be.
The more expensive the cosmetic, the less you need it. An oil bath twice a week with cold pressed oil ( one tablespoon per bath), is all you need for a flawless skin, and healthy skin to boot.
And so on...
Doesn't apply to all circumstances though. Chocolates in India are normally around one thousand rupees a kg. They can't afford to use real cocoa beans at that price. Buy artisanal chocolates only, expect them to cost six times as much.
The modern marketing machinery convinces us that expensive is better. The messaging is in your face, and also insidious.
Go back to the base principles. Trace everything to the source, question every so called benefit.
And then hunt for real value. A life of abundance is a life worth living and it need not be expensive at all.
