Comments on: 9 Items That I Won’t Buy Generic

By: Got No Dough - Saving Money in Slim Times » Why Being Frugal Could Be Costing You More

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:10:54 +0000

[...] only to find out it doesn’t work or is extremely inferior. Beware of this when purchasing generic products. You don’t want to have to spend money on both the cheaper item and the more expensive item [...]

By: Randy Brown

Randy Brown — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:14:12 +0000

Toilet paper and Ketchup - I learned the hard way that these are the two things you should never skimp on!

By: Going Generic - Or Not | mygoodcents.net

Going Generic - Or Not | mygoodcents.net — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:24:45 +0000

[...] No Dough recently posted her favorite generic things and things she won’t buy generic. I thought this was pretty interesting and got me thinking about my own [...]

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:34:04 +0000

Now that I read this .. I have to agree with a few of these also… the soda.. if it’s not Diet Coke it’s not right!

feminine products— your right, it’s gotta be quality.. luckily there are always coupons for these things..

But the big one, … Cheese slices! I do buy store brand shredded cheese… but cheese slices, it’s gotta be Kraft. This goes back to when I was a kid even… my mom would buy store brand and I wouldn’t eat it, she would get so irritated with me .. Kraft or nothing.. and I love cheese

By: lornadoone

lornadoone — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:45:28 +0000

I love it that I’m not the only person who swears by buying generic . . . except. I am a big-time bargain shopper, but there are certain items of which I will only purchase the brand name versions.

The big one for me is canned vegetables. I prefer fresh or frozen for most veggies, but for corn, green beans, and spinich, I like canned. However, they can not be store brands and must be something like DelMonte. Mac and cheese has to be Kraft (not the healthiest thing, either, but I don’t eat it often), and cola needs to be Coke. Your and my tastes diverge on the soda issue, though. While I hate most store-brand cola, I’m fine with the cheaper versions of orange, grape, and strawberry. Even the off-brand “Mountain Dew” isn’t that bad. I don’t drink much soda these days, but those are my rules when I do buy it. Finally, I also have to disagree on the Oreos. I used to believe I needed brand-name Oreos, but I was talked into trying the Safeway brand Tuxedos, and they’re actually quite good.

I totally agree with you about cereal, though.

By: Got No Dough - Saving Money in Slim Times » My Favorite Generic Items

Got No Dough - Saving Money in Slim Times » My Favorite Generic Items — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:29:47 +0000

[...] I wrote about 9 Items That I Won’t Buy Generic and I wanted to look at the flip side of the coin and talk about some of my favorite generic items. [...]