Do You Buy Generic?

by MommyEnterprises

Posted: 15 years ago 17 replies

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When shopping, do you buy the generic brand over the name brand?

valerieSONORA 15 years ago

Most of the time I buy generic because it's a lot cheaper than name brands. And most of the time name brands are costly just because of the name. They pay celebs millions to promote their products and pass the cost on to consumers for example.
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Michael Oksa

15 years ago

I almost always buy the generic or store brand. The only exception is yogurt and if the name brands are on sale for cheaper than the store brand.

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MommyEnterprises 15 years ago

I tend to go with generic too! I usually will look and see if the ingredients are the same. Most of the time the answer is YES!
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- RinggitHit 15 years ago
  
  Most of the time, I'd go for generic... but sometimes need to get the name brand also...
  
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pcalvert

15 years ago

It depends. I buy Jif peanut butter because I tried a few store brands and found that they didn't taste as good. For most other things I buy the generic or store brand.

BTW, some generic drugs are not as effective as the brand-name versions. On the surface, it doesn't seem like that's possible, but if you know a little about pharmaceutical science it's easy to see how it could happen.

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ThomM

15 years ago

Originally Posted by pcalvert

BTW, some generic drugs are not as effective as the brand-name versions. On the surface, it doesn't seem like that's possible, but if you know a little about pharmaceutical science it's easy to see how it could happen.

Phil

You're spot on there Phil, though I have found a few generics that are as good and even a little better then the name brands. Like I said only a few and that is very few.
As for groceries I'll do a price, weight, and ingredient comparison.
Usually the store brands or generics win out.
But like Mike and Phil mentioned if they don't taste as good as the name brands and no one will eat them then their not worth the savings.
Phil if you want to try something really horrible then try Hannafords Peanut Spread

I should of known better when it said peanut spread and not peanut butter. Their peanut butter is pretty good though, go figure.

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dwoodward 15 years ago

I buy the name brand unless it is a consumable

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KimW 15 years ago

Yep, I'm with those that said "it depends".
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- lilmechante01 15 years ago
  
  I'll usually go for the generic unless I've found out through trial & error that's it's not as good.
  
  Only things I won't go for generic on are the important things...then I go for the REAL thing---beer, wine, & men. jk:p...hmmm..or am I
  
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KimW 15 years ago

you forgot to say"namaste" this time!
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- lilmechante01 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by KimW
  
  you forgot to say"namaste" this time!
  
  lmao...how undivine of me...where are my thoughts today?
  
  Thank you for the smile Kim!
  
  Namaste!
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ReplyGenie 15 years ago

Sometimes i buy generic... but never generic kraft dinner... the cheese is awful.
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- ShayB 15 years ago
  
  I usually buy generic, but there are few items I won't - because of the taste.
  
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Jonathan 2.0 Banned 15 years ago

Mostly I buy name brand because I like having a money mentality. (Where money is abundant and I can buy whatever I want.) Just one of my personality quirks I suppose. When I was younger my parents were all about saving money and talking about how scarce it was.
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- myob 15 years ago
  
  I used to buy generics, but now it's mostly name brands because of all the shoddy products flooding the market.
  
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artwebster 15 years ago

I buy fresh products for food so I suppose I buy generic.

I buy what appeals to my eye, otherwise.
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