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Things you should never go cheap on?

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    #152
    kurtainsider
    Registered Users Posts: 324 ✭✭kurtainsider


    Jack the Stripper wrote: »
    An escort.

    Or a Mondeo. Doesn't pay to skimp on one of those either.


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    #153
    OldMrBrennan83
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    #154
    masculinist
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    Patww79 wrote: »
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    My advice tailored to you is never go cheap on facts.


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    #155
    MRnotlob606
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    Razor blades


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    #156
    MRnotlob606
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    I like my ladies like I like my Coffee, cheap and from the third world.


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    #157
    Permabear
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    #158
    Pivot Eoin
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    Candie wrote: »
    Your education is something you should spend whatever you can on, formal or not. Things like health insurance, pensions, home and car insurance, they should all be good quality and reliable.

    Reading material, bedding, decent food, all the things you might spend a lot of time in, like a good armchair to read in, a decent lamp when you're working, a fast and efficient laptop, anything you use a lot, or need to rely on, is something you shouldn't skimp on if you can afford not to.

    Remind me not to go for a pint with you.


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    #159
    Deub
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    Strange it wasn't posted yet:

    Child car seat


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    #160
    willowthewisp
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    Car


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    #161
    NIMAN
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    Tea bags


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    #162
    FrStone
    Registered Users Posts: 720 ✭✭✭FrStone


    ted1 wrote: »
    Aldi's suncream is top notch and comes out trumps in many consumer tests. As pasty red haired Irish male who spends plenty of time in Africa and the Caribbean , I can confirm it works perfectly well.

    Yep, Aldi's sun cream is actually one of the top two brands in sale in Ireland. Under the EUs newish labeling of suncreams I have only been able to find two suncreams in Ireland that have a five star UVA rating. One being the aldi one and the other being boots own brand.


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    #163
    The Rape of Lucretia
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    Ubbquittious wrote: »
    Tyres



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    Whooooffff!
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    #164
    Stigura
    Registered Users Posts: 3,413 ✭✭✭Stigura


    Silverfish wrote: »
    Bulbs
    Dishwasher tablets
    Aquarium filters
    Tyres

    Yep. Cheap bulbs are rank! What's the point in them?

    My Dogs are my dishwashers. But, yes, for that odd bit? Fairy or nothing.

    Filters? Fluval, for me. Much more importantly though is a good, German Heater / Stat! I've been obsessive about heaters. Since I came home to find a tank full of axolotl stew! :(

    My boots are my only tyres. " Muck ", for me.

    tracey turnblad wrote: »
    It's actually better to go cheap on toilet paper as it breaks down easier and doesn't clog your pipes. A plumber told me the quilted etc version are the worst and to buy the cheapest toilet paper


    I buy the generic, 18 rolls to a pack, for a fiver, or what ever it is, ones. Every bit as good as Andrex.

    I then drop my guts into the ditch. The paper into a bag. Once the bag's full, I burn the lot.

    Country Life!

    :D


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    Permabear
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    OldMrBrennan83
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    #168
    Graces7
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    I never buy cheap instant coffee; always nescafe gold.

    But else? Too little cash to be choosy and I shop for reduced or bargains. Use charity shops..... simple basic food is grand..and renting rules out many choices.


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    #169
    GerryDerpy
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    The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »
    Whooooffff!
    The power of advertising over reason and kniwledge is truly astonishing.

    Have a look at some tyre test videos on YouTube chief.

    Also, you won't see cheap Chinese tyres for sale in any motorbike shop, just can't get away with it.


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    #170
    Akrasia
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    Deleted User wrote: »

    Washing powder - Lidl and Aldi brands don't wash clothes as well as brands like Bold or Ariel.

    Nonsense. Washing detergent has been used in economics textbooks for decades as examples of price discriminating monopolists. The products are all essentially the same, but they use different branding and price points so they can rip off rich people and still make a profit at the low end of the market.

    Washing products are dominated by Lever Brothers and Proctor and Gamble, I would not be at all surprised if they manufacture the own brand products for Lidl and Aldi.


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    #171
    erica74
    Registered Users Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭erica74


    maudgonner wrote: »
    Tampons.

    Fellas, if you ever get sent to buy tampons, make sure to bring back Tampax unless specifically instructed otherwise. Trust me.

    Tampax:eek: into the bin they'd go, Lillets are queen! :D


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    #172
    [Deleted User]
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    Akrasia wrote: »
    Nonsense. Washing detergent has been used in economics textbooks for decades as examples of price discriminating monopolists. The products are all essentially the same, but they use different branding and price points so they can rip off rich people and still make a profit at the low end of the market.

    Washing products are dominated by Lever Brothers and Proctor and Gamble, I would not be at all surprised if they manufacture the own brand products for Lidl and Aldi.

    Fair enough. Must have been something else the two or three times I used "formil" and it left my clothes with a fusty smell.


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    #173
    [Deleted User]
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Fair enough. Must have been something else the two or three times I used "formil" and it left my clothes with a fusty smell.

    Most detergents and similar products are legally obliged to list the active ingredients on the packaging. In my experience, when you compare two competing brands (or non-brands) they are always essentially identical.

    That's also the reason that washing powder in particular is such fertile ground for innovation in the format (balls, tablets, pouches, etc etc). Again a staple of the economics textbooks - when multiple competitors are essentially identical you differentiate with the packaging and format.


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