Examples of false economy where cheap means crap

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. Buying cheap baking trays and tins
. Buying economy washing up liquid. You need half a bottle to produce suds

Cheap bin bags.

Cheap tin foil

Cheapskate partners

Cheap sticky tape

Shoes!

Tools. Any sort - screwdrivers, scissors, chainsaws...

Cling film

Shoes.
Boots.
Winter jackets.

Toilet paper.

cheap kitchen roll

Bin bags
Tin foil

Clothes and bed linen. Today I am proudly wearing a cotton shirt (M&S) I've had for over 20 years which is in excellent condition because it was decent quality in the first place.

Def loo roll. Tights. Shoes with thin soles, tin foil and anything that tastes blah or full of additives and fat to bulk it out

Cheap paint, definitely.

Cell batteries.

Light bulbs.

Shoes, bin bags, clothing (however, by this I mean avoid cheap manufacturing which isn’t necessarily the same as cheap in price)

Bin bags, plastic storage drawers, cheap Doritos, cheap shoes, basic teabags

Winter boots, any boots really.

Parachutes.

Tyres

Expensive doesn’t mean quality these days though.
I still have a perfectly shaped BHS T-shirt, it’s been gone nearly a decade, but the T-shirt was several years old then already.
I don’t see the same quality as that T anywhere these days, even if they are expensive.

Bin bags
loo roll (but also, I’m not buying branded)
fake designer goods - still more expensive than unbranded, and probably not as good quality as H&M, for example

I came on to say this. Risky too.

I agree that quality generally is poor these days but I think decent fabric makes a difference. Also, I'm not advocating wildly expensive, just not dirt cheap...for ethical reasons as well as cost.