These experiences cast a long shadow. Therefore deserves revisits. The long shadow is cast over similar buying decisions like …

— how I decided to buy both about the same time .. I first bought TextPad for about $40. Then I found some unique features in UltraEdit (USD20?) and EditPlus (USD 10?). By then I had known how useful and how frequent they are, so I invested a “small” amount to have 3 alternative choices to complement each other.

Jolt: Would be more worthwhile buys if notepad++ had not emerged. I underestimated 1) tech churn 2) quality of shareware

— jolt: the absolute amount I paid was small compared to other under-utilized purchases
Deep scar? Should be small scar. Deep is over-reaction. Trauma would be Over reaction.

Similar buys, but mostly hardware buys:

• $60 百胜楼 mouse that print a label
• head phones, microphones
• samsung camera
• $8 iphone earphone