购买东西常说“物有所值”,其实,家用物什,真正要注意的是“用有所值”。尤其是家用电器,不是古董或者黄金珠宝,不会保值而只会贬值,买回来是为了使用。使用不当,再昂贵的东西,不能发挥其优良性能,同低档廉价的也没有什么区别。我这是有感而发。回忆起我在80年代刚买回一台21英寸的彩色电视机时,只能收到四、五个频道。当时我翻译过一篇文章,说的是美国 Buy things often say “value for money”, in fact, what things, the real thing to note is “value for money.” In particular, household appliances, not antiques or gold jewelry, will not hedge and only devalued, bought back to use. Improper use, then expensive things, can not play its excellent performance, with low-end cheap also no difference. This is my feeling. Recall that when I bought a 21-inch color TV set in the 1980s, I only received four or five channels. At that time I translated an article that said the United States