• ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
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        7 months ago

        Depends on if you’re in America, or a real first world country.

        One won’t be cheaper, the other has a high likelihood of being cheaper.

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          7 months ago

          Also depends on your insurance. I pay $25 per visit, and even over a year when I went every week, I doubt it was more expensive than restoring a train lol.

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            7 months ago

            And how much do you pay just to have that insurance? How much lower is your paycheck because your company provides insurance?

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          7 months ago

          I am an American, and I pay zero dollars for my and my kid’s therapy. But it’s okay, you just wanted the low-hanging fruit by taking a shot at America.

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        7 months ago

        Yeah, restorations aren’t cheap, and the bigger the parts get, the more expensive they get. And it’s not like you can hit up ye olde fireboxes-r-us anymore.

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 months ago

      steam equipment is definitely not cheaper than therapy, you get a cracked cylinder? Better hope you have literal tons of iron/steel sitting around, and or something/someone to pay for it, as well as someone to machine it, because none of that exists anymore.