What do you refuse to scrimp on?

MistyCheese

In the last year or two most of us have had to economize – people who used to shop in Superquinn are now shopping in Dunnes, people who used to shop in Dunnes are now shopping in Aldi, people who used to shop in Aldi are now.... :mad:ed, but is there anything you’re still holding out on?



For example, do you still buy fancy-ass “name-brand” deodorant or do you make a special trip for the TV-advertised toilet paper? Has anyone tried Aldi/Lidl/€2-Store condoms? Any wimmens still buying Cosmopolitian instead of looking online? Any mens still buying Nuts :P instead of looking online?



For me, it's teabags. I refuse to buy German teabags. And I buy brand-name toothpaste. I don't even have a solid reason for this, I just like all the empty promises of "Fresh, Whitening, Blah, blah, blah technology". It'd make slightly more sense if I smoked or drank coffee. I also only like Wrigleys chewing gum.

m@cc@

MistyCheese wrote: »

is there anything you’re still holding out on?

A hero.

Loopie

...you might be waiting til the end of the night....

bonerm

Electricity. I refuse to use DC.

finnegan2010

KETCHUP I GOTTA Have Chef Ketchup or Heinz
BEANS Gotta have my Heinz hate them hard lidl ones
LUXURY TOILET ROLL Have a pretty sensitive snare on me so need something nice and soft here so i go the extra mile. Dont want a japanese flag going on ya know, recession or none:D
TEA Barrys or Lyons cant do the cheap stuff yuck

Duggy747

Maryland Cookies, once you've had the best you can say fùck off to the rest.

Where To

Baby Wipes

we'llallhavetea_old

fanny stuff

duracell batteries

toothpaste

make up

clothes, fcuk off penneys!! :mad:

meat

shampoo/conditioner

barrys teabags too

LighterGuy

Everyone has their own personal preferences...
Most of the things can be the same in Dunnes and Lidl. As in shower gel is shower gel ... soap is soap.

When it comes to personal taste of food ... yeah sure lidl fish fingers taste sick compared to Birds Eye

efb

Condoms Durex is the daddy! (ironic n'est pas?)

Mr Benevolent

Bedsheets.

easyeason3

I refuse to scrimp on hair products. I'll gladly starve for a week so I can maintain my lovely hair.
And I love fake tan. Not Oompah Lompah type tan but more of a golden glow tht can be found in a bottle of Dove moisturising tan lotion applied twice a week to give an even but healthy looking tan.

Badgermonkey

I refuse to go without my Um Bongo.

The idea of drinking some fly by night fizzy beverage appalls me.

Plus, I'm supporting jobs in the Congo.

jimmycrackcorm

Caviar and champers dahling. Now that Nama has taken those dusty old properties off my shoulders

eilo1

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

fanny stuff

duracell batteries

toothpaste

make up

clothes, fcuk off penneys!! :mad:

meat

shampoo/conditioner

barrys teabags too

Clearly your not on the dole..............

Im very unhappy when I cant buy diet coke

MistyCheese

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Caviar and champers dahling.

Read that as "clampers" for some reason.

Gneez

Condoms, you scrimp on them you pay for it for the rest of your life

niallo76

im with Finnegan with the Heinz ketchup,same with Chef Brown Sauce
Coca-Cola is another one-
Runners/Trainers/Shoes-wouldn't wear ones from Lidl,anything else from t-shirts,socks,but the runners and shoes-ah lads c'mon,
don't think i'd be that keen on telling everyone i got the suit from Lidl/Aldi either,but thats just me, and i have to live with me

Son Of A Vidic

Bog Roll, it's got to be top quality.

"Wipe dat ass with class."

Wurly

Eggs - Superquinn 'Sillan Or' eggs are incredible. The yolk is the brightest yellow. They're gorgeous.
Bewleys tea bags make an amazing cup of tea.
Skin products. I use Clinique and it's brilliant. Their make up, moisturiser, cleansers etc.
Good chocolate. Lindor (the red eggs), Green and Blacks.
Beans - Bachelors or Heinz only.
Ketchup - Heinz or Chef.
Mayonnaise - Hellmans

lil'bug

hand soap and washing up liquid
the cheap stuff makes my skin break out in blisters

brummytom

Headphones. Tried the dirty cheap, 99p Tesco value ones a few times. Evvvvveerrrryyy time, the fuckin things were already broken the second they came out of the box.

landsleaving

Alcohol. I don't drink that much, so when I do I don't want it to be dutch gold or similar urine in a can.

I will make an exception though for Excelsior from Lidl, it's actually half decent.

dark crystal

Bra's.... They don't do cheapo 36 FF's anywhere that are any good. Have to pay a fortune for a good bra in my size.


Also Coca-Cola; the shop brand cola tastes like fizzy pond water.

Debthree

I nearly fell for it but this is clearly a trick question isn't it? The sanctimonious AH brigade are taking notes so if I put here that I refuse to give up Lily O'Brien chocolates* it'll come back to haunt me in the next 'I'm so poor / unemployed / f**ked by the economy / depressed by the recession' thread. Yeah? I'm right aren't I?




* DISCLAIMER: That was just an example. I do not, nor have I ever, indulged in any chocolate treat whatsoever. I eek out a week's worth of meals from scraps I take from the tax-paying neighbours trash cans.

JONJO THE MISER

For me its food, only the best will do.

we'llallhavetea_old

eilo1 wrote: »

Clearly your not on the dole..............

Im very unhappy when I cant buy diet coke

i am on the dole... thats not that much ye know. only three of those things are weekly groceries.

AnonoBoy

Don't scrimp on shrimp!





Or scampi for that matter.

Remmy

Oxygen.Fcuk that sh#t..

bowsie010

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

fanny stuff

duracell batteries

toothpaste

make up

clothes, fcuk off penneys!! :mad:

meat

shampoo/conditioner

barrys teabags too

No recession in that house anyway

joking

MistyCheese

I just thought of another myself. I have recently returned to "brand name" detergents (Surf, Bold, Ariel etc) but this isn't a refusal-to-compromise thing. I tried the cheap-ass versions and my bedspread came out of the washing machine with paw-prints! The cheapo fabric softener is grand though.

Paparazzo

Vodka. Has to be at least smirnoff. Who buys Grants vodka, or tesco value vodka?

The Agogo

Well, since emigrating to Poland, haven't really been able to buy any name-brand stuff.

My toilet-paper has actually gotten softer though (and cheaper!)

yank_in_eire

Toilet Paper - none of that visible wood chips ****e
Bush's Baked Beans - eat them once and you won't care that they have to be smuggled in from the US
Gin - only Bombay Sapphire will do
Sage Fly rods - everything else is just a stick

You know......I have pretty expensive tastes:p

Wurly

Paparazzo wrote: »

Who buys tesco value vodka?

we'llallhavetea_old

The Agogo wrote: »

Well, since emigrating to Poland, haven't really been able to buy any name-brand stuff.

My toilet-paper has actually gotten softer though (and cheaper!)

no surprise there, the cost of cleanin your arsehole in this country is ridiculous

Cantona's Collars

Where did the op get German tea bags???

dan185

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

fanny stuff

duracell batteries

toothpaste

make up

clothes, fcuk off penneys!! :mad:

meat

shampoo/conditioner

barrys teabags too

like dildos and vag pumps?


sorry:(

MistyCheese

zerks wrote: »

Where did the op get German tea bags???

In Germany?

humberklog

Marlboro Cigarettes.

whydoibother?

going out for a latte (and possibly cake:D)

alwaysadub

Fairy washing powder-it's the only one i'm not allergic to.

Milk. Can't drink the stuff from Aldi.

Meat. Cheap meat is horrible.

And skincare stuff to a certain point-can't afford my Clinique at the minute but have to have certain cheaper name brands or else my skin does be in bits.

Debthree

we'llallhavetea wrote:

fanny stuff

duracell batteries
toothpaste

make up

clothes, fcuk off penneys!!

meat

shampoo/conditioner

barrys teabags too

dan185 wrote: »

like dildos and vag pumps?


sorry:(

Um, I'm pretty sure you emboldened the wrong item.

Johro

easyeason3 wrote: »

so I can maintain my lovely hair blah blah..
more of a golden glow that can be found in a bottle of Dove moisturising tan lotion applied twice a week to give an even but healthy looking tan blah blah...

Shut up you've pulled:D

EverEvolving

Ariel washing powder - love the smell from it and it seems to clean the best

Hellmans mayonnaise

Meat and Fish

Lots of things when it comes to shopping actually, since we don't get many take aways anymore I tend to spend a decent amount on food every week.

Ooh and cornfed eggs are delicious mmmmm

Doop

eggs and also chicken... have to be free range at least.

well meat in general really, cant buy the cheap processed stuff.

Id rather eat veggie one or two nights and have better quality meat the other nights...
not that theres anything wrong with veggie dinners!

Noodleworm

Batteries, because you do notice the difference
Good boots, cheap ones never fit right.
Also I just don't see how anyone can feel comfortable being cheap with condoms >.<

Paparazzo

Trí wrote: »

I meant to drink, not to remove adhesive

grungepants

Freshly made pesto from the saturday market,
American apparel clothing,
pay per view porn+wreslting+movies,
Cigarettes....

Im joking i dont watch wrestling.

niallo76

crisps-tayto or king
bisto gravy
kellogs cereal
flahavans porridge
bird's eye potato waffles-anything else is like 'atin cardboard..
same with a lot of frozen veg-like the stuff that bird's eye throw out,tesco says='where ya going with that,in our bag lad'

SomeFool

Special K