why do I even bother running my planned purchasing past them...

me: "I'd like a hotplate for soldering stuff, I noticed we have a portable in storage we never use, can I use that"

"no, it's still a good hotplate"

me: "ok, then I will buy this cheap (13 eur) one from the store, as it does what I need"

"no you should look for secondhand"

me: "*looks*, nope no good listings, besides; would you even sell your hotplate for below 13 euros"

"no because it has $feature"

me: "the store one has the same spec...."

I can just buy it anyways but that'll get yet another angry discussion im sure...