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False ecomomy - What do you refuse to buy budget versions of?

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  • #122
    well spoken man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 351 ✭✭well spoken man


    Coffee...just had a cup of brown lidl muck....jesus never again....


  • #123
    Matta Harri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭Matta Harri


    Definatly the beauty/ grooming products. I'd never buy cheap shampoo, conditioner, hand soap, foundation, lipstick, perfume that kind of thing.

    Also I'm big into having my clothes smell nice, it's as important to me as perfume so I'll never buy budget washing powder or fabric conditioner. I sniff them in the supermarket like a looper before I buy.

    With food I don't notice an awful different especially perishables. Vegetables, meat and bread are usually fine from Aldi & Lidl. Don't like their teabags, cereals and pasta sauces. Oh and another one I discovered recently is potato croquettes. The town was packed on xmas eve so went to Lidl to get croquettes. Fūcking rotten. Nearly runined the dinner.


  • #124
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,565 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    Life support machines.


  • #125
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    Andrewf20 wrote: »
    Car tyres. Just not worth the risk. And then you see folks with 340bhp BMW m3s with budget ditch finders like some nankang or wanli tyres.

    Or lads who spent €€€€ on a home cinema system with fancy HDTV and then proudly play pirate DVDs recorded on a camcorder in cinema.


  • #126
    Mountainsandh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,705 ✭✭✭Mountainsandh


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    Marketing is a powerful thing!

    Marketing can't fool people all the time though.
    I think most people would be able to tell the difference between clothes washed and conditioned with Lidl brand products vs Lenor products, regardless of marketing.

    If it doesn't smell as good, taste as good, or work as good, no amount of marketing will compensate imo.

    I mean, yeah, I buy the stuff once to try it, maybe more so if it's well marketed ... but I won't buy it again if it doesn't live up to expectations.


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  • #127
    The Moldy Gowl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,889 ✭✭✭✭The Moldy Gowl


    nlgbbbblth wrote: »
    Or lads who spent €€€€ on a home cinema system with fancy HDTV and then proudly play pirate DVDs recorded on a camcorder in cinema.

    No one really does this anymore.

    Sure a camera version will pop up on torrent sites but a week or so later there is a hd version. I have been downloading for years and have never been stuck for a hd copy. The torrents are all labeled as what they are. Hd, DVD rip, camera.


  • #128
    Mountainsandh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,705 ✭✭✭Mountainsandh


    Matta Harri wrote: »

    Also I'm big into having my clothes smell nice, it's as important to me as perfume so I'll never buy budget washing powder or fabric conditioner. I sniff them in the supermarket like a looper before I buy.
    .

    Some of them smell nice when you buy them though, like the Lidl fabric softener. After the wash is when you notice how the smell turned not so great.


  • #129
    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    well spoken man wrote: »
    Coffee...just had a cup of brown lidl muck....jesus never again....

    I buy the gourmet expensive stuff because when I drink it I want to taste it. But you know what's on my mind right now? It AIN'T the coffee in my kitchen, it's the dead ****** in my garage.


  • #130
    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,085 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    Cat food. I bought the supermarket brand once and he refused to eat it and came back with a fieldmouse at 2am and dropped it on my face.

    Either he assumed I couldn't hunt anymore or it was a Mafia style warning.


  • #131
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »
    No one really does this anymore.

    Sure a camera version will pop up on torrent sites but a week or so later there is a hd version. I have been downloading for years and have never been stuck for a hd copy. The torrents are all labeled as what they are. Hd, DVD rip, camera.

    The guys I've experienced doing this would have purchased pirate DVDs from car boot sales. Admittedly I am going back a couple of years but it always struck me as funny.


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  • #132
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    Coffee
    Mince pies
    Tomato ketchup
    CDRs
    DVD-Rs
    Tyres (very important!)
    Sausages
    Turntables


  • #133
    The Moldy Gowl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,889 ✭✭✭✭The Moldy Gowl


    nlgbbbblth wrote: »
    The guys I've experienced doing this would have purchased pirate DVDs from car boot sales. Admittedly I am going back a couple of years but it always struck me as funny.

    Ahhhh right. Thought you meant downloading a bad torrent.

    That's a long time ago alright. In that case, it's not worth saving the money


  • #134
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,774 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Tarzana2 wrote: »
    Ah, marketing.

    Nothing to do with marketing I can feel, taste, see the difference in quality. Some people are obviously happy to settle for the lower quality and therefore think it's just as good.

    People falling over themselve for Aldi and lidl is a very good example. Their cheap stuff is low quality (bar an odd item) and the same as any own brand stuff from tesco, supervalue etc and their higher quality stuff is the same or even more expansive than mainstream supermarkets. There are a couple of items good value their that's about it and that's mostly stuff like work wear, running gear etc which is really my only reason for going to either shop when these are on special.


  • #135
    magicmushroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 824 ✭✭✭magicmushroom


    Ketchup and Baked Beans - has to be Heinz
    Mayonnaise - Has to be Hellmans
    Toothpaste - not too fussy but I wouldn't by a supermarkets own brand, it would have to be Colgate or something like that
    Teabags - Lyons, PG Tips or Bewleys - I would have to be pretty broke to resort to buying a supermarket brand, they are just never as good

    That's all I can think of for now


  • #136
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    That would seem a little short sighted, what if the cheaper brand is as good as or better than the heavily marketed expensive brand?

    Ah, look! I just buy what I like. The pricing or the marketing has nothing to do with it. If something cheaper is nicer I would buy it for that reason, not for the price. If it's " as good as" then I take the one I'm used to and know the quality of. Short sighted? No. Comfortable with? Yes.


  • #137
    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,085 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    Their stuff is and always has been a mixed bag. Some of it is very good, some of it is absolutely not.

    What I don't like about them is that it can be very hard to identify what's good quality and what's cheap muck until you try it. Where as I can actually trust most mainstream brands.


  • #138
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    Rose Repulsive Tailwind wrote: »
    Nothing to do with marketing I can feel, taste, see the difference in quality. Some people are obviously happy to settle for the lower quality and therefore think it's just as good.

    :pac: Perhaps they are more discerning than you and can tell that some lower priced products are the same or better than the more expensive brands.

    And Aldi's/Lidl's higher quality stuff tends to be better than other supermarkets, and cheaper with it. They are not more expensive or even equal prices to other places for anything.

    What do I always buy brand?

    Fairy liquid
    Don't really eat cereal but I get a goo for Cornflakes or Special K, it will be Kelloggs.
    KERRYGOLD BUTTER!


  • #139
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    SpaceTime wrote: »
    What I don't like about them is that it can be very hard to identify what's good quality and what's cheap muck until you try it. Where as I can actually trust most mainstream brands.

    Good rule of thumb: check out the ingredients list. Long, long list of ingredients generally means crappy quality and processed as hell.


  • #140
    Matta Harri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭Matta Harri


    Rose Repulsive Tailwind wrote: »
    Nothing to do with marketing I can feel, taste, see the difference in quality. Some people are obviously happy to settle for the lower quality and therefore think it's just as good.

    I'd agree. You go to someone's house and it's nearly like a badge of pride for them that all their groceries are Lidl/ Aldi and they're convinced that's it's as good if not better than Supervalu etc. tripping over themselves to tell you how much they paid for it and how much it would cost in a different supermarket.

    Some of it is as nice but a fair percentage isn't. And no that €3 bottle of perfume does not smell like Chanel No.5.


  • #141
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,639 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    Shampoo and beauty products. I always buy fancy.


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  • #142
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,639 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    Shampoo and beauty products. I always buy fancy.


  • #143
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Wesley Few Leper wrote: »
    marketing has nothing to do with it
    Rose Repulsive Tailwind wrote: »
    Nothing to do with marketing
    That must be why companies spend billions on marketing every year :pac:
    Those who think marketing does not influence them are the most under its spell.


  • #144
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    Mountainsandh wrote: »
    Marketing can't fool people all the time though.
    I think most people would be able to tell the difference between clothes washed and conditioned with Lidl brand products vs Lenor products, regardless of marketing.

    If it doesn't smell as good, taste as good, or work as good, no amount of marketing will compensate imo.

    I mean, yeah, I buy the stuff once to try it, maybe more so if it's well marketed ... but I won't buy it again if it doesn't live up to expectations.

    Tbh, I sniff every bottle of fabric conditioner before buying and I've never, ever been tempted by Lenor. To me it smells absolutely awful.
    I usually get fabric softener from Aldi, they do one with a very nice smell, a little vanilla-y and not overpowering.


  • #145
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,774 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    That must be why companies spend billions on marketing every year :pac:
    Those who think marketing does not influence them are the most under its spell.

    Condescending waffle! Why is it so hard for some to believe that many people find branded products superior having tried the cheaper alternative?


  • #146
    washiskin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,374 ✭✭✭washiskin


    Cookware & Bakeware - buy cheap & rue the day. I have a set of pots I bought 16 years ago that are in fantastic nick - at the time I paid the guts of £150 for them and thought I was mad but lesson learned.


  • #147
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Rose Repulsive Tailwind wrote: »
    Condescending waffle! Why is it so hard for some to believe that many people find branded products superior having tried the cheaper alternative?
    It's not, if you're happy with your purchase there is no issue. But to deny you are influenced by marketing is fanciful.


  • #148
    spongebob89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 565 ✭✭✭spongebob89


    Andrewf20 wrote: »
    Car tyres. Just not worth the risk. And then you see folks with 340bhp BMW m3s with budget ditch finders like some nankang or wanli tyres.

    What are the best brand tyres?


  • #149
    tightloop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭tightloop


    Beard oil


  • #150
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    Rose Repulsive Tailwind wrote: »
    Condescending waffle! Why is it so hard for some to believe that many people find branded products superior having tried the cheaper alternative?

    Can't speak for others, but in may case it would be because I tried a lot of branded stuff and found it worse than non-branded items.

    Fabric softener, detergent, shampoos and conditioners, loo roll, baked beans, butter, bread, kitchen cleaning products, pickles, rice, flour, sugar, there's a long list of items where I've tried brands and returned happily to non-brand products.


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  • #151
    Ihatecuddles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,986 ✭✭✭Ihatecuddles


    Matta Harri wrote: »
    I'd agree. You go to someone's house and it's nearly like a badge of pride for them that all their groceries are Lidl/ Aldi and they're convinced that's it's as good if not better than Supervalu etc. tripping over themselves to tell you how much they paid for it and how much it would cost in a different supermarket.

    Some of it is as nice but a fair percentage isn't. And no that €3 bottle of perfume does not smell like Chanel No.5.

    Wasn't it actually favoured by most people, over chanel no 5 in a smell test?

    I'll see if I can find the link.


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