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Hong Konger here:

Or four times: Acquisition price, usage price, storage price, and disposal price

Hong Konger who rents here:

Or five times: Acquisition price, usage price, storage price, moving price and disposal price

My dad used to tell me a hierarchy of satisfaction in the context of home-ownership: buying > replacing > repairing > painting > cleaning. I think disposal is probably just after buying.

For me that would be:

repairing >> replacing > buying ...

I'm not sure where maintenance fits, I guess that's what "painting" is.

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