Noticed this same thing with leftovers in my fridge, spending money on something just to watch it sit there and go bad. Let dead shows stay dead, that cliffhanger will just make you mad all over again.

Been there with a sump pump discharge line. The cheap corrugated stuff crushed under the weight of backfill in like two months, so I had to dig the whole trench out again and drop in solid PVC. That "save money now" move cost me a full weekend and about two hundred extra bucks. Feels good to just do it right yourself the second time.

But is spending money really what makes someone grow? Word of mouth has kept plenty of shops alive for decades without a single ad. My barber has never paid for marketing and he's booked solid. Maybe the 20% just know their customers better than the rest of us.