Better AND cheaper?

[v9]

I’ve spent too much this summer. Tell me something that is both better and cheaper. I’ll give you a couple free of charge:
Ribeye steak - much better flavour than fillet, especially if cut thick and reverse seared.
Quartz watches, less trouble, cheaper to maintain and way more accurate than mechanical mechanisms.
Mx5 - well, just because!
You can thank me later.
Don’t tell me I’m wrong ( I already know that for many reasons I probably am) just give me something that’s both better and cheaper.

[foggy]

Custard creams nom nom nom…

[Nickp82]

Banging the wife

[r3g]

Medication like pain killers and cold stuff.

Supermarket own brand works exactly the same and is 10x cheaper. Tesco paracetamol 500s for example. Pennies to buy, yet the exact same thing from Panadol is 10x the price

Also as a GERD sufferer, Tesco own brand heart burn goo is half the price of Gaviscon and works exactly the same, and tastes the same.

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foggy said:

Custard creams nom nom nom…

They’re alright, a middling biscuit, but I need cheaper AND better than the main alternative option.

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Nickp82 said:

Banging the wife

Are you sure that is both cheaper and better than the alternative? To be fair, I’ve not met your wife though.

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r3g said:

Medication like pain killers and cold stuff.

Supermarket own brand works exactly the same and is 10x cheaper. Tesco paracetamol 500s for example. Pennies to buy, yet the exact same thing from Panadol is 10x the price

Also as a GERD sufferer, Tesco own brand heart burn goo is half the price of Gaviscon and works exactly the same, and tastes the same.

Agree. Same stuff. Does the same job, just cheaper though, not actually better. I need both.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Any alternative to Heinz. Nearly all their stuff is more expensive and worse than the lower priced competitors.

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TwigtheWonderkid said:

Any alternative to Heinz. Nearly all their stuff is more expensive and worse than the lower priced competitors.

Hmm, not actually found a better cream of tomato soup. Cheaper yes, but not better. Don’t use much other Heinz stuff.

[Jordie Barretts sock]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Any alternative to Heinz. Nearly all their stuff is more expensive and worse than the lower priced competitors.

And far too sweet.

I've got a secret desire for vinegary cheap brown sauce. The sort you get in cheap greasy Spoons. £1 a gallon from Makro I expect.

Want a Passat? Buy a Skoda Superb instead.

[Silvanus]

v9 said:

Nickp82 said:

Banging the wife

Are you sure that is both cheaper and better than the alternative? To be fair, I’ve not met your wife though.

He said the wife, not his wife

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Silvanus said:

He said the wife, not his wife

Good point well made. Will look into it.

[Timothy Bucktu]

(Lidl)Cart wheels V's Wagon Wheels. Absolutely identical, but cheaper.

[Jordie Barretts sock]

anonymous said:

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And buy it in Lidl/Aldi and let it go a fortnight past it's date on the pack.

[Silvanus]

anonymous said:

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Yep, good steak has as much to do with the quality, aging, and how it's prepared and cooked as to what cut it is.

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Timothy Bucktu said:

(Lidl)Cart wheels V's Wagon Wheels. Absolutely identical, but cheaper.

Agree, but I want better and cheaper.

[Turtle Shed]

Wired network connections.

[lost in espace]

v9 said:

Hmm, not actually found a better cream of tomato soup. Cheaper yes, but not better. Don’t use much other Heinz stuff.

Aldi own brand is quite good.

[Alickadoo]

Many/most of Lidl/Aldi products by comparison with Waitrose, Marks & Spencer etc.

[Desiderata]

Many, many cars, the old models are better than the newer generations. And were cheaper when they were new, and are cheaper now by virtue of them being second hand.
See MX5 MK1, any big Volvo estate, any Mercedes...theory only spoiled when they become "classics" and the price goes up.