False economy?

[RubyandPearl]

Sorry if this has already been done. Im interested to see if you think theres anything that's worth spending the extra money on? My example is dishwasher tablets. I'd always bought supermarket own brand until they only had Fairy left and I have to say that it's been a revelation! My glasses are proper sparkly now and my dishwasher smells lovely. Also I think cheap toilet paper is generally crap (excuse the pun)

Cheap shoes are generally a false economy

I used to think this but I’ve got a few cheap pairs that have lasted ages when I thought they’d only be good for a season. I suppose it helps that they’re comfortable as well as reasonably stylish. I think I have weird feet because expensive shoes mostly don’t fit very well/don’t look very nice/lose their shape fast on me.
Come to think of it, I have much the same trouble with clothes.

cheap washing powder. I bought a huge box in Lidl for half the price of my normal brand and after every wash, there is a big coagulated lump of it left in the washing machine drawer.

cheap ketchup and beans, like a lot of people are saying - but that may be because I just am used to the more regular brands.

Some cheap shower gels, tend to kind of stay in greasy globs even when hit by water!

cheap toilet roll, too thin and you end up using double or if you look at the small print on packs it tells you how many sheets per roll and the more expensive ones have a lot more sheets.

cheap kitchen spray cleaner eg Tesco own brand, sprays lazily like droplets rather than a fine mist, but I guess it still gets the job done.

cheap cola bottle jellies or wine gum jellies - always the most horrible texture and stick to your teeth.

Bin bags, baked beans, washing up liquid and washing powder.

Mind you, I use white vinegar instead of fabric conditioner.

Personally I wouldn't bother too much about baked beans (it's the husband who insists) but it has to be Ariel washing powder.

On the other side, I prefer Aldi 17p for two litres diet cola to Diet Coca Cola. It seems to have less nasties in, and I think it's lower in caffeine. So it's still bad for me, but less bad, iyswim.

Beans

Bread, has to be hovis unless it’s a farmhouse or tiger loaf

Washing pods, used to use Tesco non bio until all the clothes kept coming out stinking and covered in grey silt-the colour changed from blue to white and I swear they completely changed the formula as I’d used it yrs up to that point.

Cola/pop all the cheap own brands versions taste so weird and have a twang to them.

Teabags, have tried with loads of cheaper own brands and cant bare the taste has to be Pg tips.

Nappies, when my kids were in them, pampers all the way, never had leaks, didn’t need changing as often as supermarket own packs, had neighbour who would swear by them(kids same ages) but she would end up changing her dd several times a day due to her ended up soaked, never happened with my dd.

Cheap sellotape, cheap fairy liquid, same reasons as previous posters.

There is absolutely no point to a packet of jaffa cakes that aren't McVities.

Kellogs cornflakes are significantly nicer than supermarket cornflakes, but the own-brand cornflakes of Sainsbury's/Tesco are miles better than the really cheap version from the budget supermarkets

Don't get me started on bread.
@makingmiracles unless it is baked within 24 hours of market a hovis unless it’s a farmhouse or tiger loaf" doesn't cut it. Fresh bread, fresh milk in Ireland, no preservatives. Lived in 4 countries and none had that. Benefits of being a small country.

No, I know what you are saying about different peoples tastes but I don't understand how it's a false economy. Isn't it £1 a jar or something...Just like the other brands are?

I shop at Asda. It's nearly twice as expensive as Asda own brand curry sauce.

@lighteincastlewindow

Don't get me started on bread. *@makingmiracles* unless it is baked within 24 hours of market a hovis unless it’s a farmhouse or tiger loaf" doesn't cut it. Fresh bread, fresh milk in Ireland, no preservatives. Lived in 4 countries and none had that. Benefits of being a small country.

Are you saying you couldn't get fresh bread in the countries you lived in? Where are they?