Things that you should always spend alot more money on..

sxt

Food. trust me, those 2.99 full sized chickens in lidl or those spiced salamis in a very unnatural pink like color are not good for your health in the long run

Boots/Shoes .Good quality is essential here as you spend so much time on your feet

Mattress and pillow. You get it

maestroamado

women...

Billgirlylegs

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False Prophet

Boards.ie Upgrades

Porn. I always pay for our porn.

I have a good relationship with my butcher and he sources meat for me as ethically as possible. I always end up paying a lot more for it then just getting factory farmed chicken off the shelf in the supermarket. But I feel like I am doing my bit and I always pay more for my meat when I can.

I like the one about boots. I forget who was saying it recently - one podcast or another - but someone was pointing out that poor people pay more for things like boots in the long run because they have to pay for the cheap ones which do not last. So they have to replace them. So they are trapped in an economy that keeps them poor in the long run by forcing them towards cheaper products that will not last. Whereas the people with money who can afford boots that will last - end up paying a fraction of the price - due to not having to buy any more for years.

Del2005

Yourself

ShatterAlan

Frying pan.

Buy a cheap frying pan and it's fcuked after frying one rasher.

You can go cheap on a lot of stuff such as fruit and veg. A Lidl Cabbage or bunch of bananas is no different to those you get in M&S. And Spar Milk is no different to Avonmore. Probably comes from the same dairy herd.

Strumms

Food, holidays, wellbeing and overall your general happiness.

whisky_galore

Raingear. Luggage and backpacks. Boots and Shoes. Decent jackets and coats that last and in styles that don't date so much. Camping gear.

Certain tools, eg socket sets.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117950329#Comment_117950329

That's the late great Sir Terry:

"The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet."

This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.

Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms:

Food was something that was very expensive in the 70s and none too cheap in the 80s. Now it’s ridiculously “cheap”. We could definitely afford to spend a tad more on it to ensure quality, sustainability, welfare, fair pay to the workers etc.

Classic fashion store well. Recently I bought a leather dress which wasn’t cheap, but I know it will be in the wardrobe for pretty much the rest of my life. It’s style is simple and timeless.

spurious

Motorcycle helmets.

iamstop

Audio equipment.

Cameras and gear.

Beer.

Bike.

blue note

Coffee. I love it but wouldn't buy takeaway coffee often, so I don't mind paying for the good stuff. I'd buy two kg per month @ about €30 each. Totally worth it.

And cheese. I love it.

L1011

Clothes, to a point. Super cheap stuff won't last and the environmental and societal damage caused by replacing a tshirt after three washes is hideous. But a lot of the very expensive stuff is the same quality as the junk bar the expensive label.

"Leather" furniture - if its not a real cow hide it'll last three or four years, tops. I've a 3+2+1+1 Italian leather suite that cost someone else about 18k in Arnotts in the Tiger era, but cost me a grand and will easily last another 20 years looking good.

Cookware of any description - buy cheap buy twice, or ten times if you keep making the same mistakes. Some higher quality stuff is much the same price as consumer junk if bought from a catering equipment firm, nearly all of which are delighted to sell to the public.

AlfaZen

Whiskey - you get what you pay for

Clothes - With age there is less desire to have the latest fashion. Buy quality and when its on sale buy two.

Tyres - They are the only thing between you and the road

Technology - doesn't have to be the latest and greatest but quality costs a bit more but lasts. - again but when in a sale.

nolivesmatter

A house. There's no other way sadly.

MrMusician18

Mayonnaise

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117950398#Comment_117950398

Thats it exactly. I remember now - someone quoted that exact passage on another thread recently. Which is why it was in my brain.

Atlantic Dawn

• Mattress
• Tyres
• Tools

maestroamado

xxx

boots etc...

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117950657#Comment_117950657

Not always. I bought the joint second cheapest habitable house sold in my area since the Property Price Register came in to effect (seriously).

Area is fine, house was structurally fine - it just stank of dog piss and was generally filthy. Spent about 40k on maintenance and upgrade works so far and could probably spend that again in a heartbeat; but the mortgage + insurances + that 40k is still well under what nine years of rent would be.

Clearly timing had a huge effect on the price, but buying the cheapest at a given time can be fine.

BorneTobyWilde

Health Care, Dentistry

Gregor Samsa

Organ transplants

Hitmen

Cryonics

FortuneChip

Whiskey. Not even very expensive, just don’t go cheap.

Footwear. You’ll destroy yourself and your wallet in the long run if you go cheap.

Tech - don’t buy the knock offs on the cheap

Degag

27 posts in and no mention of condoms.

After Hours has changed man

Mister Vain

High class escorts. They always look better and last longer.

saabsaab

Insulation and 'free energy'. Putting it in when you build will pay off in the long run.

igCorcaigh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117950848#Comment_117950848

Definitely dentistry. Pay up front and regularly, or pay a lot more for repair down the line.

igCorcaigh

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The thing is, and this applies to all of this thread; how do you know? How to discern paying a lot for quality v's just being ripped off? I cannot catalogue every single brand of every item