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

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  • #182
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    StormWarrior wrote: »
    I've discovered some great budget versions of things. When your shoes wear out, instead of wasting money buying new ones, you can wrap some old towels round your feet and cover them with plastic bags to make them waterproof, elastic band round the top to hold them on.
    at 22c per bag per foot that's €160 a year :eek:


  • #183
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Ruu wrote: »
    Henchmen, dropping like flies these days. Anyone know where I can source these? I am beginning to feel threatened in my vast estate.
    According to this http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/07/now_where_is_our_cv/ you can just advertise for security jobs.

    Screen shot of the ad.
    http://regmedia.co.uk/2008/08/07/craigslist_ad.jpg


  • #184
    well spoken man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 351 ✭✭well spoken man


    Gonna add pear cider to this list...pay heed.......


  • #185
    lazygal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭lazygal


    Clothes, for me and my children. The quality stuff lasts and lasts and good enough to pass on when they've outgrown them and for me to feel ok about donating when I don't wear them. I'm going for quality over quantity and cheap clothes aren't worth it in the long run.
    Only Barry's loose leaf tea here. I hate the taste of teabag tea.
    Only proper ground coffee, at the moment it's Lavazzia.
    I do a good bit of shopping in Aldi but the wines are rubbish and the cleaning productsare just ok so I go to Supervalue for those things.


  • #186
    Sheldons Brain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭Sheldons Brain


    dark crystal wrote: »
    I've never failed an NCT yet, either, so unless the testers are incompetent at their jobs, I'm not at any risk of killing other road users just because I haven't bought Michelin or Goodyear tyres.

    No doubt all the other cheap products meet legal requirements also. Proper tyres allow you stop sooner, so your risk of killing others or yourself is increased to some extent, although the part worns may or may not be OK.


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  • #187
    lazygal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭lazygal


    Sheldons Brain wrote: »
    No doubt all the other cheap products meet legal requirements also. Proper tyres allow you stop sooner, so your risk of killing others or yourself is increased to some extent, although the part worns may or may not be OK.

    I feel the same way about cheaper car seats for children. I'd rather not have them in the car than have them in seats that meet the bare minimum of standards. Another thing I would never scrimp on.


  • #188
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,565 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    lazygal wrote: »
    Clothes, for me and my children. The quality stuff lasts and lasts and good enough to pass on when they've outgrown them and for me to feel ok about donating when I don't wear them. I'm going for quality over quantity and cheap clothes aren't worth it in the long run.
    Only Barry's loose leaf tea here. I hate the taste of teabag tea.
    Only proper ground coffee, at the moment it's Lavazzia.
    I do a good bit of shopping in Aldi but the wines are rubbish and the cleaning productsare just ok so I go to Supervalue for those things.

    You're dead right on the clothes front. Especially jeans.


  • #189
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    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.

    Think what you like but I just buy what I like.


  • #190
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Boats. Got the budget boat in lidl and it sunk in the middle of the Irish ocean, luckily I had my emergency lidl raft as backup.

    Also art, no cheap or middle of the range stuff. It's all about the monet monet.


  • #191
    BetterThanThou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 944 ✭✭✭BetterThanThou


    Probably said already, but Coca Cola is definitely the biggest one for me, nothing else compares, even the other brand name colas can't compare. And that said, pretty much any drink, alcoholic or non alcoholic, the only cheap drink which tastes the same as it's brand name counterpart is the fake red bull you can buy in most supermarkets, in my opinion, anyway.


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  • #192
    Beaner1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 819 ✭✭✭Beaner1


    Cars. I only buy high end German, new or nearly new.
    Proper polarised Ray bans are a must.
    A good scent above 60 quid a bottle will set you away from the pack.


  • #193
    brooke 2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,472 ✭✭✭brooke 2


    Dog food!


  • #194
    thelad95
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭thelad95


    You just can't budget on coffee. The stuff from Lidl and Aldi tastes like warmed up river water and there's no caffeine 'hit' off it either. Utter muck.


  • #195
    Reiketsu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭Reiketsu


    Coca Cola, none of this 2 litres for 45p from Tesco crap.
    Batteries - Duracell only! I find Eveready to be the absolute worst.
    Black bin bags.
    Razors - I'd rather have legs like a man than use Bic :O.
    Beans and ketchup have to be Heinz and I always pay a bit extra when buying meat :).


  • #196
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    Beaner1 wrote: »
    Cars. I only buy high end German, new or nearly new.
    Proper polarised Ray bans are a must.
    A good scent above 60 quid a bottle will set you away from the pack.

    Yes, this will DEFINITELY help you to get the shift from a 20 year old, maybe even a 19 year old! :pac:


  • #197
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,151 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Beaner1 wrote: »
    Cars. I only buy high end German, new or nearly new.
    Proper polarised Ray bans are a must.
    A good scent above 60 quid a bottle will set you away from the pack.

    Is a 2003 Kia Picanto "high end german"? Posting history is great!


  • #198
    Beaner1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 819 ✭✭✭Beaner1


    Tarzana2 wrote: »
    Yes, this will DEFINITELY help you to get the shift from a 20 year old, maybe even a 19 year old! :pac:

    It does, particularly when all three come together!


  • #199
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    Beaner1 wrote: »
    It does, particularly when all three come together!

    So what kind of accoutrement do you need to acquire to get to play hide the sausage with one?


  • #200
    Ronin247
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,256 ✭✭✭Ronin247


    Someone once told me...

    "Always buy good quality shoes and a good quality bed..... you will be in one or the other all your life"


  • #201
    Beaner1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 819 ✭✭✭Beaner1


    Ronin247 wrote: »
    Someone once told me...

    "Always buy good quality shoes and a good quality bed..... you will be in one or the other all your life"

    Add a chair to that list. I've a Herman Miller for home and the office.

    The rest of the plebs suffer in company chairs whilst I've given management a heads up that I'm going places. Ditto for a 200 mechanical keyboard and a 70 quid wireless mouse.


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  • #202
    AndonHandon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭AndonHandon


    Potato waffles; Birdseye all the way. The others go soggy in the toaster.


  • #203
    cruais
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭cruais


    Bread - has to be brennans

    Meat - No supermarkets please. My local butcher has his own farm and thats where the meat comes from.

    Drink - Real Alcohol. No tesco paint stripper vodka.


  • #204
    onlyrocknroll
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 750 ✭✭✭onlyrocknroll


    Beaner1 wrote: »
    Cars. I only buy high end German, new or nearly new.
    Proper polarised Ray bans are a must.
    A good scent above 60 quid a bottle will set you away from the pack.
    Tarzana2 wrote: »
    Yes, this will DEFINITELY help you to get the shift from a 20 year old, maybe even a 19 year old! :pac:
    Beaner1 wrote: »
    It does, particularly when all three come together!

    Three come together? But he only mentioned one 20 year old and one 19 year old? :confused:

    Oh I see...


  • #205
    dubscottie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 854 ✭✭✭dubscottie


    Wouldn't touch any food out lidil/Aldi..

    Brands for everything with the exemption of Supervalue cheese but after my last lot (think they changed suppliers) it is rank now..

    Wont touch Gillette blades (so many fakes out there.. Boots bought some I was told) so Wilkinson Sword now.

    One brand I won't touch however as its over priced muck (Levi jeans for example). Abercrombie all the way.. Still have all the Abercrombie stuff that I got 10 years ago that is only good for working in now.

    But even after 10 years worth of washes and getting covered in mud/creosote, they are still in 1 piece. (bit faded mind)

    Bog roll.. would you let recycled stuff near your front bits?? No.. Don't want it near my back bits either..

    And deodorant.. God how can some people spray that on themselves.. It is rank.. Yes it comes out a can that is the same colour as Lynx but it is not.. Its is horrible.. (lynx smells poor now I am getting older..)

    And don't get me started on cheap drink… Brands all the way..


  • #206
    KungPao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,786 ✭✭✭KungPao


    A few posts here for bin bags!

    You buy them to throw them in the ****ing bin...why would you buy premium ones?

    Next you´ll be telling you don´t use cling film and an elastic band for a sheath!


  • #207
    cruais
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭cruais


    KungPao wrote: »
    A few posts here for bin bags!

    You buy them to throw them in the ****ing bin...why would you buy premium ones?

    Next you´ll be telling you don´t use cling film and an elastic band for a sheath!

    The reason being, general black sacks a heaps of shhite that burst and rip all the time


  • #208
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Links234 wrote: »
    Toilet paper

    a housemate got some ass-sandpaper one time. never again. bought decent stuff, kept it in my room

    That's something I would always buy the cheap version of.

    The way I see it, what difference does it make? You will be wiping your @rse with it, not eat off it so save the money for other more important things


  • #209
    yes there
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 306 ✭✭yes there


    KungPao wrote: »
    A few posts here for bin bags!

    You buy them to throw them in the ****ing bin...why would you buy premium ones?

    Next you´ll be telling you don´t use cling film and an elastic band for a sheath!

    Unroll binbag.
    Open up and place in bin.
    Gradually fill with rubbish.
    Attempt to tie up bin bag and remove to external bin.
    Bin bag rips and tears, rotten stuff drips on floor during transfer to external bin.

    What is so ****ing hard to comprehend about that?


  • #210
    KungPao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,786 ✭✭✭KungPao


    yes there wrote: »
    Unroll binbag.
    Open up and place in bin.
    Gradually fill with rubbish.
    Attempt to tie up bin bag and remove to external bin.
    Bin bag rips and tears, rotten stuff drips on floor during transfer to external bin.

    What is so ****ing hard to comprehend about that?
    Well I buy cheap crappy bags, and what you described has never "****ing" happened to me.


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  • #211
    yes there
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 306 ✭✭yes there


    KungPao wrote: »
    Well I buy cheap crappy bags, and what you described has never "****ing" happened to me.

    You know you shouldn't really use cling film and an elastic band for a sheath


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