What Products/Brands Won't You Scrimp On?

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  1. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Steak (butcher shop only)
    Ice cream (first ingredient: cream)
    Batteries & electronics

    Not much else, come to think of it.
     
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    Can't really think of any I won't buy the comparable cheaper option.

    Suits and work clothes, I guess.
     
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    Original Fireline for my steelhead drift fishing rod.
    Gamagatsu hooks.
    Allann Brothers coffee (I was a 25 year customer to Starbucks, but screw them.)
     
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  5. ABM

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    I'm about there myself with Morebucks.
     
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    Apple computers
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Electronics shoes and underwear..... no joke!
     
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    Shoes. Life is so much nicer in comfortable shoes. Give them some style and that's good for the soul.
     
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    So I do skimp on underwear. Why go with the good ones, and how much you spending?
     
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    The good ones are nothing special......they just are skidmark resistant.

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    At home, I buy the most gourmet toilet paper I can find. Over here, there isn't any, so I use flushable baby wipes.

    I don't buy cheap liquor. The extra dollar a shot or whatever per bottle (whether scotch, gin, tequila or vodka) is more than made up by feeling infinitely better the next day.

    I'm also intrigued by the underwear claims here.
     
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    Yeah, when Starbucks started promoting their Pike Place Blend coffee is when they went to shit. They stopped carrying their high quality coffees at that time.

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    Shoes. I only buy high end Nike, Adidas and Rockport.

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    Toilets.
     
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  17. ABM

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    Mystery revealed! Turd-Long.

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    ^ I'm with you on the Jif. (But not the creamy.)

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    Fish. I would rather go without fish that eat low quality fish. Also in the same vein, Sushi.

    Pillows

    Dental Floss

    Kitchen Knives
     
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