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For example, if you insist on buying Advil instead of store brand ibuprofen. I mean, you’d be wasting your money in that example, but you do you

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[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Used to be Heinz but now they've replaced tomato with more brown sugar or something so it tastes bland.

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[–] Steak@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

VH soy sauce over store brand. Has to be. VH is king, store brand is so bad it doesn't even count as soy sauce, and I'm a broke dude who buys store brand everything possible. Also mini-wheats, store brand mini wheats are terrible. Other store brand cereals are good but with mini-wheats they dropped the ball.

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[–] almightyGreek@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] kyden@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Heinz ketchup, Hellman’s Mayonnaise, Coca Cola, Western Digital hard drives back when platters were a thing.

[–] rainynight65@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I always preferred Seagate spinning steel over Western Digital. I've had some WD drives fail horribly, unexpectedly and very prematurely on me. My PC today still has some Seagate HDDs in it that are approaching 15 years of age.

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[–] space@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Tech products. It's not worth the risk of getting some Chinese spying crap. Even chargers and cables have the risk of damaging your hardware.

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[–] FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Hair and skincare, especially since it's not even more expensive if I buy from a local store that sells those products in bulk.

I usually actually prefer the local knockoffs, it's usually better and uses locally sourced ingredients. Like soft drinks from the US taste sickeningly sweet and I really don't like them but there are plenty of locally made soft drinks that are great.

[–] Smeagol666@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Peanut butter. Generic peanut butter is downright nasty. Skippy or Jiff for me.

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