Hahahaha! I hadn't heard that saying before, tantarus, but it is so very true. You try to take shortcuts with buying cheaper anything, you end up paying more in the long run because the cheap stuff always needs replacing.

Compared to C4D, everything is cheap. But the results I have seen of what people have made in C4D, it's definitely very impressive with what it can do. (I just don't want to be impressive enough to part with $3500 when I can use a slightly cheaper option)