(+4, 10 votes)Stop saving money
Things you should never go cheap on:
- Toilet paper. Why the hell would you save $1 to have a bleeding asshole?
- Trash bags. Dude, pay the extra dollar to get the drawstring bags. Effortless trash management.
- Peanut butter. Do people really buy generic brand peanut butter? I’ve never seen it at someone’s house before.
- Liquor. Get the good stuff people. Jesus. I’m not trying to get my buzz on with rubbing alcohol.
- Gaming console peripherals. Anyone who has used a generic MadFailz controller should already know this. Go first party.
- Bed/sheets. You spend like half of your life in a bed. It’s time to upgrade that mattress and increase your thread count.
Some things are too obvious to even list. Like generic soda.
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May 18th, 2009 at 12:49 am
Stars & Stripes soda, that cheap shit is extra carbonated water with a pinch of flavor.
May 18th, 2009 at 1:17 am
number 2,3,4 I cant agree with. why would you spend money to make taking the trash out easier? Why would you buy the SAME peanut butter in a more expensive jar? why would you spend a lot of money on certain liquor just because some rapper was paid to put it in his song/video?…. the others are ok, but it sounds like you’re “doing what you’re told”
May 18th, 2009 at 10:58 am
fail. while you’re fumbling around getting trash-hands I’m already sitting on my couch. generic peanut butter? sorry, there’s some places I just don’t go and that’s one of them. I couldn’t live with myself if I ate generic pb.
liquor. I may agree that it’s less important on less-classy liquors (like vodka), but if you’re going to drink some scotch, you can surely taste the difference.
May 18th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
LOL
May 18th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Generic Pop-Tarts are stupid and gross.
May 18th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
my contribution:
- ketchup, get heinz or die
- worcestershire sauce (even though the US version has been tainted with HFC)
- aveeno lotion, the CVS brand with the identical container liquefies into a bad pr0n joke
also, I will present the opposite (things you should go cheap on or shouldn’t buy):
- cranberry juice
- medication – if you buy name-brand pharms (OTC or prescription) you are a donkey of epic proportions
- bose – no highs, no lows, must be bose
- monster cables – if I have to explain this, you’ve already lost
things I’m on the fence with:
- organic milk, I can actually taste a difference, but I’m not sure it’s worth the extra cost
May 18th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
in response – don’t care too much about peanut butter brands, in fact, I like natural PB now, but still appreciate the skippy honey nut variety.
agree with the rest of guy’s list and the generic pop tarts.
May 18th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
and jesus, rappers only rap about vodka, which is the ONE liquor I ALWAYS skimp on (smirnoff is more than acceptable for any vodka needs) because it’s the least respectable liquor that actually strives to have NO taste.
May 18th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Wu, lol’d at Heinz.
But you need to get real with your life and delve into a hardcore audio/visual forum for about 8 months. Epic scorn for Bose. Hardcore audiophiles basically just tell Bosetards to kill themselves. Intense.
May 18th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
@guy — What, no seltzer?
May 18th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
I can deal with all varieties of club soda. I’ve been rolling with Giant-brand “Zazz” for a while now. Remember, my issue wasn’t that you couldn’t find seltzer on store shelves but rather that it’s impossible to find fruit essence-flavored seltzer (no fake-sugar bullshit, just fruit essence) in vending machines or a nearby convenience store. One day I’ll change that.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:54 am
On the milk front, Giant brand milk >>>>>>>>>>>>>> any other milk. I can’t explain it but Wegmans and Targets milk are gross.
May 19th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Guy – disagree on trash bags. Shop around, generic brands have the drawstring as well, and well, you are putting trash in them so who gives a shit if its Hefty or Hofty.
The rest of the items in the list are solid though and ones you shouldn’t cheap out on…
Other items you CAN cheap out on:
-Air fresheners
-Toilet Brushes, cleaning brushes in general
-Aluminum Foil, Sandwich bags, saran wrap
-Anything for anyone else
Items you NEVER cheap out on:
Anything for yourself
May 19th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
I didn’t mean that you should necessarily get name brand trashbags, just the ones with drawstrings.
May 19th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Things you can’t go cheap on: I’m surprised no one has mentioned coffee. I was over at a friend’s house a few weeks ago and his girlfriend made me instant coffee. Not only was I embarassed for them both, but I drank two sipps and slammed the rest like a shot of nasty tequila. I’m by no means a coffee snob, but who can’t spend the extra few bucks on a decent bag?
Things you MUST go cheap on: a man’s haircut. If you pay more than $20, you need to TAYL.
May 19th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Also, kind of have to disagree on the “sandwich bag” bullet. Going with good quality, thick ziplock bags to keep foods in the fridge or freezer can make a difference is prolonging the life of your food. As well, the zipper mechanism tends to break more often on cheap brands which will spoiler your food immediately.
May 19th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Oh… and Guy… agree 1000% on the bed sheets. Something that most people don’t think about, but it make a world of difference.
May 19th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
OK fuckface, I’m glad you brought up coffee. I didn’t want to sound like a douche coffee-snob but you’re exactly right. In fact I recently bought an espresso machine and only roll with freshly-roasted beans.
http://www.counterculturecoffee.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=5&Itemid=42
May 20th, 2009 at 12:39 am
I’m not sold on expensive coffee. There are only two types of coffee beans. Shit is a joke. Maxwell House is straight edge.
May 20th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
I disagree about generic soda. Dr. Thunder is awesome.
Maxwell House is garbage. Also, while cheap vodka (and whiskey) is perfectly acceptable, there is a definite taste difference between Absolut or Grey Goose and a plastic jug of Vladimir.
@meservery – wtf. Who can taste a difference between different brands of milk. Do the chicken have large talons too?
May 20th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
yeah duse, you know nothing about coffee to make a statement like that. no self-respecting person would drink that trash.
May 20th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_bean
No matter how much you spend on coffee, you’re drinking the same bean, the arabica bean. The only diff is the freshness. I respect fresh grounds, but that’s it. I’ve been drinking pure black coffee since I was seven years old. Don’t be a rube.
p.s. nesbit, the point about Vodka is not to spend a fortune on it because the whole point of vodka is NOT to have a taste. That’s why Vodka’s distinguish themselves by how how they’re distilled. A good Vodka is a smooth and tasteless Vodka.
May 20th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
And since nobody drinks straight vodka except for Russian alcoholics, then you can see why it makes sense to stick with Ketel One.
May 20th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Meanwhile, cheap whiskey is not acceptable at all. Unless you’re Momming it up with whiskey sours like it’s 1999.
May 21st, 2009 at 9:31 am
Dude, nobody here needs a wikipedia lesson on coffee, where do you think you are. “Arabica” was the first word out of my mouth as a baby. Besides, by your logic all wines that use the same type of grape are equal.
First off, the bean quality matters:
http://www.streetdirectory.com/food_editorials/beverages/coffee/coffee_bean_grading_is_an_art_form.html
Second, there’s an art to bean roasting; don’t underestimate it:
http://gourmet-coffee-zone.com/coffee-roaster.html
May 21st, 2009 at 10:44 am
pwned. Good wine analogy… here’s a great review of Night Train from bumwines.com (which I think I remember from an OLD wumarkus post):
“Night Train is all business when it pulls into the station. All aboard to nowhere – woo wooo! The night train runs only one route: sober to stupid with no roundtrip tickets available, and a strong liklihood of a train wreck along the way. This trainyard favorite is vinted and bottled by E&J Gallo Winery, in in Modesto, CA. Don’t bother looking on their web page, because they dare not mention it there. As a clever disguise, the label says that it is made by “Night Train Limited.” Some suspect that Night Train is really just Thunderbird with some Kool-Aid-like substance added to try to mask the Clorox flavor. Some of our researchers indicated that it gave them a NyQuil-like drowsiness, and perhaps this is why they put “night” in the name. The picture (above right) shows that the subject that drank Night Train is down for the count, while the Cisco guzzling subject is ready to rock. Guaranteed to tickle your innards.”
May 21st, 2009 at 3:51 pm
You’re also not drinking wine at just under scalding temperatures. You could drink kerosene that hot and it would taste good.
May 21st, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Wine is overrated as well. I could easily select a ten dollar bottle and a $1,000 dollar bottle, and none of you would ever be able to tell the difference.
May 21st, 2009 at 4:12 pm
you probably think pizza hut makes good pasta, huh duse?
May 21st, 2009 at 4:33 pm
stuffed crust ftw
May 21st, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Yeah it’s awesome. Not as good as Papa John’s but rock solid.
May 21st, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Oh, you said pasta, not pizza. Yeah it’s decent. Have you had it? All pasta is the same, it’s just dried out dough. The only distinguishing factor is the sauce. Pizza Hut pasta gets the job done. There’s only so far you can go with marinara sauce.
May 21st, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Yeah I saw pizza too. Nobody reads.
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:28 am
The chicken alfredo pasta from pizza hut is delicious.
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:19 am
By the way, Guy is the king of igniting discussion.
May 22nd, 2009 at 10:29 am
I’m actually the king of pretty much everything, so true.
But now that you pointed that out no one will ever comment on my posts again. Good play.
May 23rd, 2009 at 11:17 am
May 23rd, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Hmm. So, in the US about one our of 100 people is in prison. In the Netherlands it’s roughly 1 out of 1374.
May 23rd, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Out of that is. Just woke up.