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I thought they explicitly said that some things, like cars bought to go places, straddle the line between being goods and being experiences. So it seems at least here they were aware that there are things that don't neatly fall into the classification.

Having a car provides function, but the difference between a mediocre car and a great car is $10k+.

Spending the extra $10k for a better car leads to less happiness than using that same money for a 2-week vacation in Europe / Asia.

This is the false dichotomy that they keep banging their heads against.

It's often given lip service in the literature, and then everyone goes back to asking easy questions.

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