DON’T SKIMP – BUY THE GOOD STUFF

BuzzFeed asked, “What’s something you used to be cheap on, until you tried a high-quality version, and now you can’t go back?” Here are some of the responses.
– “Windshield wipers. I thought all wipers would skip across the windshield until I bought the expensive ones. I’ll never buy the cheap ones again.”
– “Dish soap. My god, I will never again purchase Great Value dish soap. Dawn for the win.”
– “Earbuds and headphones. I used to think people who paid over $20 for earbuds were ridiculous. I eventually got tired of my $12 ones breaking and being such low quality.”
– “Clothing. I used to buy cheap polyester clothes from discount retailers, but one day I was shopping in a higher-end place and bought a really nice heavy-duty cotton shirt, and every time I went into my closet I wanted to wear it. So I decided to empty my closet and start with better-quality clothes. Now I have half as many clothes as I did before, but I feel good in all of them.”
– “Spaghetti. Started off with no-name stuff. Then Barilla. Now De Cecco or Rummo. It’s not much more expensive and tastes way better.”
– “We cheaped out and bought low-quality garbage bags once. They split, leaking liquid all over the floor. They burst halfway to the trash bin. They just make more work all around, and never end up being a saving as you have to double up anyway.”
– “Socks. I used to get the basic twelve-pack of white socks but switched to tough wool socks. I was a little sticker shocked at first but I’m not blowing holes in them because of my fungus toe anymore.”
* Thank you for that mental picture. Maybe you ought to not cheap out on the toe fungus medicine, either.
* Funny no one mentioned men’s hair coloring… Mayor Giuliani.
* Nice job saving this topic ’til after inflation’s made even the cheap stuff expensive.
* Does anyone dare buy the cheapest hotdogs you can find?
* PHONE TOPIC: What do you refuse to cheap out on anymore?