To really delve into this subject, we would have to agree on the definition of the word "quality". From what I read in this forum, quality usually equates to exotic materials and heavy metals. I don't see people equating quality with performance. You can take a dirty, beat-up, mutt of a pen and make it perform like a champ. I don't think anybody here would say the word "quality" around a pen like that.
The house analogy was perhaps not the best. I meant that buying too much house can prevent you from enjoying many of the pleasures of owning a house: a bed instead of a mattress on the floor; chairs; a refrigerator; a stove, instead of a camp fire on the patio. Blowing the whole wad on a single pen or two keeps you from exploring many enjoyable writing methods. Too much house and too much pen limit you -- make you less free.
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