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I started thinking this way after reading Ray Jardine'e Beyond Backpacking, the origional ultralight backpacking book. He recommended disposible cheap running shoes instead of expensive, heavy, stiff hiking boots. "But what about support? Ice? Wet? Insulation?" Well, it turns out that it works just fine. You can overthink these things. As the computer programmers say, "Try it and see."
I started buying cheaper shirts with fixed sleeve lengths when I realized I always keep my sleeves rolled up, so who's gonna know my arms are too short for the shirt?
I allow myself to spend money on quality stuff in a few narrow hobby areas (even though I know I don't need the quality), but otherwise I try to enforce a cheap-and-disposible policy.