The Things People Say They Would Have Paid Even More For Because They Saved Hours Each Month

Sometimes spending a little more can spare people hours of routine work. On Reddit's r/Frugal forum, users shared the purchases that made daily life easier, including grocery delivery, robot vacuums and handheld vacuums.

One participant said switching from order pickup to home delivery saved about two hours each week. The subscription costs roughly $12 a month, while choosing products on a phone also helped the user avoid impulse purchases triggered by in-store promotions. Another participant said a shopping trip that once took about an hour and a half had become 12 hours of monthly time saved through home delivery.

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Grocery delivery. I just switched from pickup to delivery and saved an enormous amount of time. Pickup could take anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour and a half.

The robot vacuum was another frequent recommendation. One user bought a secondhand model for about $50 and runs it daily, even though it sometimes gets stuck and needs to be rescued. Another bought one on sale and said its usefulness made the purchase feel worth twice the price: “I got a good deal, but now I would have paid double.”

A cat owner said a cheaper model costing about $100 runs every day and still surprises them with how much dust it collects. Users also mentioned handheld vacuums as tools that made cleaning easier. The broader point of the discussion was practical rather than strictly frugal: paying more can be worthwhile when it buys back time otherwise spent on errands and household chores.

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I got a good deal, but now I would have paid double.