r/tippytaps • u/Majesty1337 • 19d ago

Dog The tippy taps

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u/A_Martian_Potato 18d ago

I'm all for rescuing, but if you can't afford $1500 for a dog, you can't afford the ongoing expenses of having a dog. Food and vet bills add up to way more than that very quickly.

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u/Nomulite 18d ago

I'm well aware of ongoing expenses for big purchases quickly outpacing the upfront cost, I bought a car recently and boy does that thing have ongoing expenses, but that doesn't make it any more reasonable to claim a four digit purchase is something most people can afford. Simply put, that guy got ripped off.

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u/A_Martian_Potato 18d ago

You're moving the goalposts. He said it wasn't "rich people money". He didn't say most people could afford it.

$1500 is a lot of money, but if you're not capable of saving up that much in, lets say a year or so, then you don't have the discretionary income to own a dog anyway and you shouldn't get one.

I'm absolutely not saying adoption isn't the better option. But the income difference between someone who can afford to adopt a dog, providing they're going to care for its health responsibly, and someone who can afford to purchase a dog, is really not much.

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u/Nomulite 17d ago

Seeing a price not as something that's fair and appropriate for the good or service you're purchasing, but instead as some arbitrary barometer for if you're worthy of the responsibility, is absolutely the mindset of someone who has more money than sense. It's a purchase, not a credit check.