I'm assuming here that the "CFO" is she who must be obeyed....Well, the CFO recently approved the SawStop to replace my current Ridgid contractor's saw.
That being the case,,,it all depends on what your "honey whine" stategy is/was.
If you played the "sad bassett hound look", saying your just trying to save your fingers w/the saw stop - so you could work them to the bone, providing her with shoes, meals out and,,,etc,etc,etc,,,
You might have dug a pretty deep hole.
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OTOH - $$ saved can always trump any concern for life/limb..
I always toss out to SWMBO, that by saving nearly half on something, that will give her more $$ if something happens to me.
Then she and her 25 year old boyfriend will have that much more to spend while they lounge around the beach in the Carribean .
(just kidding of course )(Although SWMBO does get this kind of whistfull faraway look in her eyes when I tease her about a ficticous boyfriend half her age...)