Generic stuff

[skcin]

For those of who who have plenty of cash & would never dream of buying generic/off brand, stop reading & keep your comments about our broke asses to yourself.

Now, friends, I am pretty frugal. I usually buy the things I need when they're on sale, I try to stock up on some items, etc. I will almost always buy generic products if available except in a few instances. Here are some:

Mac & Cheese: Kraft is the only way to go. I have had Tops (our local store), but it's not the same. Wegman's (our other store) is just horrendous.

Lotion: for my face, which is sensitive & prone to breakouts, I only use Purpose. For body I prefer Lubriderm or Curel, but Jergens has been just fine lately. I refure to use Suave, it's just horrible. I never, ever use generic, it's like water.

Body Wash: Oil of Olay or Dove sensitive skin only. Everything else makes me itch, and store brands never lather well.

Diet pop/soda/soft drinks: Pepsi, occasionally Coke. Never store brand. Tastes like crap

Paper Towels/TP: I bought some store brand PTs the other day, forgetting why I stopped. They are terrible, they rip & soak up nothing! TP - I prefer Cottonelle.

Foil/plastic wrap/etc.: They just don't work as well as brand name.

Shave Gel: Satin Care only - everything else makes me itch/break out. Stupid skin sensitivity.


So, how do you feel about generic/off brand items?

[dissention]

Originally Posted by skcin

Diet pop/soda/soft drinks: Pepsi, occasionally Coke. Never store brand. Tastes like crap

Pepsi owns KFC and Taco Bell, you know.

I usually don't buy generic stuff because I'm as shrewd as an Arab trader when it comes to coupons and sales at the grocery store. If I can't get it at least half off, I don't buy it.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by dissention

Pepsi owns KFC and Taco Bell, you know.

I usually don't buy generic stuff because I'm as shrewd as an Arab trader when it comes to coupons and sales at the grocery store. If I can't get it at least half off, I don't buy it.

I know. There's only so much I can do, OK? I already hate Taco Bell & haven't been to a KFC in months, so get off my back, man. I just can't live without the Pep.

And I am SOOO about coupons. I love them. I do not shop without them. Getting good stuff cheap makes me giddy. Especially clothes.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by skcin

I know. There's only so much I can do, OK? I already hate Taco Bell & haven't been to a KFC in months, so get off my back, man. I just can't live without the Pep.

And I am SOOO about coupons. I love them. I do not shop without them. Getting good stuff cheap makes me giddy. Especially clothes.

I am a coupon/price matching WHORE. When the stores have their triple coupon weeks, I take stacks of the flyers and cut out a million of those things. I haven't had to buy toilet paper or paper towels since March because I bought so much with the triple coupons.

If there's a CD or DVD I want, or anything else, I always take a flyer from one store to a different one and have them price match it so that I get the lowest price PLUS an extra 10-15% off.

[DrummerDeanna]

Wow - Paula - my list is almost the same as yours - except -

I don't use shave gel
I only drink Coke products.

Ok so other things I only buy brand name:

cleaning product - Scrubbing Bubble - I don't use anything else for my bathroom
laundry detergent- generic or store brands always smell awful to me
salad dressing - it's gotta be Marie's Bleu Cheese
Peanut Butter - I won't eat anything but Jif!

[skcin]

Originally Posted by dissention

I am a coupon/price matching WHORE. When the stores have their triple coupon weeks, I take stacks of the flyers and cut out a million of those things. I haven't had to buy toilet paper or paper towels since March because I bought so much with the triple coupons.

If there's a CD or DVD I want, or anything else, I always take a flyer from one store to a different one and have them price match it so that I get the lowest price PLUS an extra 10-15% off.

I've been getting screwed on the triple coupon thing lately. Tops only triples up to $.99 & every single coup I've had has been for $1 or more.

SQQQUUUUEEEE! I've never tried the CD thing - it really works? They're always on sale at Best Buy, which is miles away & I never get there. If I could grab the ad & trek the 2 miles to Media Play or Circuit City, it would be SO much easier!

[WildInTheWind]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

I only drink Coke products.

!

Me too. (ok well I drink the occastional Mountain Dew....very rare though). I can't stand Pepsi products!! Especially Pepsi itself. That **** gives me heartburn.

[eclipse]

MY list of things that you brought up include:

Mac & Cheese: Homemade- Call me crazy but I am a wicked "Suzie Homemaker" and when it comes to Mac and Cheese-nothing better than mine-YUM

Lotion: for my face, Estee Lauder-hey I am 47 and people think I am in my early to mid 30's so all the $$ I have spent on Estee Lauder has paid off. For body I use new stuff from Olay called QUENCH- Try it- It is Fantastic!! I also refure to use Suave, it's just horrible.

Body Wash: Neutragena Body wash or Yardley Lavender Soap

Diet pop/soda/soft drinks: On occasion Diet Pepsi or Diet Coke, and they have to be ICE COLD- Cuz Diet drinks that aren't ice cold taste like she said , "crap" and, Never store brand. Tastes like crap

Paper Towels/TP: VIVA- White and select- a -size, they work great
TP - Charmin Ultra (Double roll)

Foil/plastic wrap/etc.: Have to have Reynolds wrap (foil) Saran Wrap (plastic) and I will uise generic for wax paper...it's just waxed paper

Shave Gel: I use the body wash or the soap- Just put on lots of QUENCH when done


OTHER STUFF:
Rarely do I buy generic, not even aspirin- Call me a snob but even when I try and buy dog bones that aren't Milk Bones, and I try the store brand...they are more like crumbs than bones, all broken- No quality control in generic!!

I spend more money on groceries than I do on clothes-Sick!!
~~eclipse~~

[Lisa1769]

Originally Posted by skcin

Lotion: for my face, which is sensitive & prone to breakouts, I only use Purpose. For body I prefer Lubriderm or Curel, but Jergens has been just fine lately. I refure to use Suave, it's just horrible. I never, ever use generic, it's like water.

I had a bad experience with Jergens. It smelled good going on. We then went to see my father in law at the hospital, we was in the waiting room and I started smelling something atrocious. Smelled like somebody had pissed in the chair I was sitting in. On the way home still smelling it, just thought it was burned into my nosehairs. The next day put it on again, a few hours later, the same horribe smell. I then discovered it was me reeking the whole time.

Now I use Aveeno or Johnsons & Johnsons.

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by skcin

Body Wash: Oil of Olay or Dove sensitive skin only. Everything else makes me itch, and store brands never lather well.

I agree with the other things you mentioned besides this, though I can't stand store brands of body wash. But I have a thing for Suave, which is pretty much the cheapest thing you can get besides the store brand.

Anyway, I can't stand the store brands of Ice Cream. No way.

[amber]

Originally Posted by skcin

For those of who who have plenty of cash & would never dream of buying generic/off brand, stop reading & keep your comments about our broke asses to yourself.

Now, friends, I am pretty frugal. I usually buy the things I need when they're on sale, I try to stock up on some items, etc. I will almost always buy generic products if available except in a few instances. Here are some:

Mac & Cheese: Kraft is the only way to go. I have had Tops (our local store), but it's not the same. Wegman's (our other store) is just horrendous.

Lotion: for my face, which is sensitive & prone to breakouts, I only use Purpose. For body I prefer Lubriderm or Curel, but Jergens has been just fine lately. I refure to use Suave, it's just horrible. I never, ever use generic, it's like water.

Body Wash: Oil of Olay or Dove sensitive skin only. Everything else makes me itch, and store brands never lather well.

Diet pop/soda/soft drinks: Pepsi, occasionally Coke. Never store brand. Tastes like crap

Paper Towels/TP: I bought some store brand PTs the other day, forgetting why I stopped. They are terrible, they rip & soak up nothing! TP - I prefer Cottonelle.

Foil/plastic wrap/etc.: They just don't work as well as brand name.

Shave Gel: Satin Care only - everything else makes me itch/break out. Stupid skin sensitivity.


So, how do you feel about generic/off brand items?

makes sense. Um...I usually buy most things except cat food, and maybe mozzerella cheese sticks (if I get them) at Whole Foods, so, they don't really have generic. I don't really have anything against it, but for some reason I've never bought it. Actually, though, I suppose Safeway brand is the generic, and I've definitely bought that stuff. Plus, they make grapefruit soda, which is really good. I don't get it any more, but I used to love it.

[Moony]

Originally Posted by dissention

If there's a CD or DVD I want, or anything else, I always take a flyer from one store to a different one and have them price match it so that I get the lowest price PLUS an extra 10-15% off.

Oh, gawd. You're a regular nightmare.

I hate generic crap. It tastes like crap, looks like crap, and is crap.

Did I mention it's crap?

[amber]

Originally Posted by Moony

Oh, gawd. You're a regular nightmare.

I hate generic crap. It tastes like crap, looks like crap, and is crap.

Did I mention it's crap?

Oh.My.God. You put that in your sig....YHANH!!!!

[Moony]

Originally Posted by amber

Oh.My.God. You put that in your sig....YHANH!!!!

Is it not the best sig ever?

[amber]

Originally Posted by Moony

Is it not the best sig ever?

No, it's nice, though. Pictures of me that were in my sig were automatically better. (It's me, that's why). Also otter pops were better. Flying cat was better. Paula's sig is better.
It's really good, though. EYNH!!!!