Things You Should Always Cheap Out On

[Davidko19]

Originally Posted by holymadness

A few more:

Pets. Who needs some kind of purebred stuck up asshole dog that costs $20,000 when you can go to any Mexican border town and pick up a perfectly serviceable stray for nothing?

Tampons. This is basically just cotton stuffed into a tube, right? DIY.

Canadian merchandise. USA will invade them one day, just be patient.

Dignity. If you are a woman you don't need to pay for anything, if you know what I mean.


hahahahaha, oh man, good stuff.

 

[FStyles]

Don't buy water from fiji. we have plenty of it here for much cheaper.

or from France for taht matter.

Evian = Naive

 

[cptjeff]

The pets one is actually quite good. There are always a variety of puppies and kittens being given away by someone, or at shelters or animal rescue places. Our rescue dog is loving, loyal and healthy. And she's just as good at lying on the couch as any other dog.

Buying a purebred for thousands is quite moronic unless you do shows or something. Then it's moronic for other reasons.

 

[odoreater]

Coffee. The 75 cent cup from the local deli is better than the $4.95 **** they're pedaling at Starbucks.

 

[GQgeek]

Originally Posted by cptjeff

The pets one is actually quite good. There are always a variety of puppies and kittens being given away by someone, or at shelters or animal rescue places. Our rescue dog is loving, loyal and healthy. And she's just as good at lying on the couch as any other dog.

Buying a purebred for thousands is quite moronic unless you do shows or something. Then it's moronic for other reasons.

Sometimes rescue dogs work out, and sometimes they don't. It's a gamble. If you're ok with that then go ahead. A well bred dog might just be the cheaper route a lot of the time though, especially if you're looking for a particular breed. Too many breeders just breed any two dogs that look the same together.

 

[edmorel]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

Sometimes rescue dogs work out, and sometimes they don't. It's a gamble. If you're ok with that then go ahead. A well bred dog might just be the cheaper route a lot of the time though, especially if you're looking for a particular breed. Too many breeders just breed any two dogs that look the same together.

Given your love of Butter Dogs, I understand your point of view.

 

[Neo_Version 7]

lolololololololol

 

[Milpool]

Originally Posted by cptjeff

Buy drugstore Ibuprofen, it's the same stuff as advil, but without the name and with a much better price. Unless you have problems with the hard tablets and need the gels or something, there's no reason to spend more.

It is funny you chose Ibuprofen as your example. A former colleague (pharmacologist) explained the chemistry of it to me. Turns out generic brands are a lot cheaper because they have far less of the biologically active isomer of ibuprofen. The process to produce a higher yield of the biologically active isomer is more costly, so not used by the generics usually.

I'm not sure if this is still the case though, this was several years ago.

 

[Spats]

Blue jeans.

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by Milpool

It is funny you chose Ibuprofen as your example. A former colleague (pharmacologist) explained the chemistry of it to me. Turns out generic brands are a lot cheaper because they have far less of the biologically active isomer of ibuprofen. The process to produce a higher yield of the biologically active isomer is more costly, so not used by the generics usually.

I'm not sure if this is still the case though, this was several years ago.

I'm curious if your former colleague pharmacologist friend worked for a brand-pharmaceutical manufacturer. I suspect that he did, because that's some bullshit right there.

 

[Matt]

I'm sworn off expensive luggage and expensive pens for life. Pens I lose, luggage I beat the **** out of.

 

[Jekyll]

Originally Posted by pebblegrain

belts
education until college (go to public school)

-2

 

[zissou]

knit caps- I'm constantly losing them.

 

[willpower]

Office supplies

Aspirin/Ibuprofen

USB/Peripheral cables

 

[MetroStyles]

Originally Posted by Matt

I'm sworn off expensive luggage and expensive pens for life. Pens I lose, luggage I beat the **** out of.

Yeah but if you get a Briggs & Riley, they do free repairs for life.