Yvain comments on It's the Same Five Dollars! - Less Wrong
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Converting between time and money sounds like a good solution to this problem.
If you're interested in the broader psychological mechanism behind this bias, I highly recommend Jonah Lehrer' s blog post on irrational purchasing decisions: http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2009/02/shopping.php