Comments on: Quality vs. Price

By: Interesting Reads from Fellow Personal Finance Bloggers #10 | Pecuniarities

Interesting Reads from Fellow Personal Finance Bloggers #10 | Pecuniarities — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:01:58 +0000

[...] Your Card debates the age-old question of Qality vs. Price and shares an example for when the savings definitely aren’t worth the [...]

By: Slinky

Slinky — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:03:24 +0000

I generally prefer quality over price…but I budget and I stick to it. I generally have high price in mind for everything I buy. I’ll spend more to get something I like up to that point, but once it goes over, forget it.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:24:14 +0000

Wow! What a story! I can’t remember anything that bad recently happening to me (thank goodness) but I have been burned a few times with price over quality. So, now I try to find a happy medium between the two. Good quality – but on sale, for example.

By: Rob in Madrid

Rob in Madrid — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:32:07 +0000

Generally speaking I go for quality over price. Better to own better quality and have more of it than to buy cheap and replace it more often. Of course being frugal I try to own less of it.

When it comes to food 75% is generic 25 is brand name. And when it comes to kathcup it’s heinz and only heinz, even over here in Spain there is a big difference.

By: Ashley @ Wide Open Wallet

Ashley @ Wide Open Wallet — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:44:39 +0000

Costco is turning me into a brand name snob too. Name brand stuff is so much better than generic. And at Costco it’s the same price or only slightly more, so I’ve been buying pretty much everything there.

You should call and ask for the manager of that restaurant and tell him what happened. Grrr… That guy was totally out of line.

I don’t remember where I heard this but…

Quality
Service
Price

Pick any two out of three

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:08:10 +0000

I completely agree that there are definitely times when generic is OK, and times when it certainly is not. I don’t mind generic paper towels, butter, soap, etc. — there are some things where the quality isn’t all that vital, and saving more money is easier to rationalize. But with some foods, the generic is terrible, and with crappy chain restaurants, sometimes (as you found out) you really get what you pay for. If you’re on a budget, you have to suck it up with some stuff, but there really are some things you just shouldn’t have to sacrifice in the name of living frugally, like good cereal! It’s only a $1 or $2 more…it won’t kill ya.