Product Loyalty

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October 11th, 2004, 02:27 PM
cincygreg

Just a questions about shopping habits.

Are you a very "product loyal person" or are you more of a bargain shopper?

Are there only certain items that you have to have a certain brand name of (for whatever reason)?

When you go to the store, do you ever buy store brands instead of name brand products, and if so do you find you get the same tastes/results with them?

Just wondering.
Maybe we'll give each other a few tips about certain products and items that we use to help each other save a few bucks.

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October 11th, 2004, 04:03 PM
Sean Pa

Quote:

Originally posted by gae:

Trav insists on certain other products -- shampoo, conditioner,ect

[img]biggrin.gif[/img] your having a laugh right. I cant see trav as the soft and gentle type
October 11th, 2004, 04:10 PM
gae

Trav's hair is almost halfway down his back, SeanPa. He's picky. [img]smile.gif[/img]
October 11th, 2004, 04:11 PM
cincygreg

I do stay somewhat brand loyal, but I am also quite the bargain shopper. I hate paying full price for anything. I generally will look for coupons or sales on the products I am brand loyal too before trying the store brands, but I have often times found that the store brands are just as good.

Laudry Detergent is one where I pretty much go with what I know works and am willing to pay a couple extra cents for.

Saving money is [img]cool.gif[/img] in my opinion.

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October 11th, 2004, 05:52 PM
Sluggo

Greg - Then you would LOVE Mr. Sluggo!!!
October 11th, 2004, 06:25 PM
travelinman

To me bargain shopping is a waste of time unless you find it fun.

An extra hour in the store looking to save a few cents is an hour I am not riding.

Now looking at fresh fish or that latest Asian vegetable is different.
October 11th, 2004, 06:34 PM
Dulcinea

Quote:

Originally posted by travelinman:
To me bargain shopping is a waste of time unless you find it fun.

An extra hour in the store looking to save a few cents is an hour I am not riding.

Now looking at fresh fish or that latest Asian vegetable is different.

Last time I visited my parents, they took me (food) shopping with them one day. I had never had such a day of unmitigated boredom in my life. They went to one store that had broccoli at 10 cents a pound less than the other stores, got 3 pounds of broccoli, then drove 10 miles to another store that had bananas at 10 cents a pound less than other stores and got 5 pounds of bananas. And so on. We spent four hours grocery shopping, I think my mom saved 3 or 4 dollars, and they must have put a hundred miles on the car.

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October 11th, 2004, 06:39 PM
Sluggo

Did you point out to them that they actually LOST money? Mr. Sluggo doesn't do that but he is a "coupon freak". His greatest joy is when the store has it's "triple" and "double" coupon weekend.
October 11th, 2004, 07:29 PM
cincygreg

Now, I also kinda do it Travs way too. I atuaslly like going over to check out /look for nicer cuts of meat (havent brought any fresh fish home to cook in a while). But I sitll look for a deal. As far as veggies, I dont stray too far from the usual (since I normally cook for just myself) by I do at least try to get a little bit creative with them. Tough to get too exotic when you are just cooking for yoursefl and you have limited storage space (as far as freezer space is concerned.

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October 11th, 2004, 07:36 PM
gae

Why am I thinking that a road trip to Jungle Jims might be in order for this board? [img]smile.gif[/img]

Back when my children were young and we were poorer than church mice, I did the coupon thing and the multiple store thing. Unlike AL's parents, though, the two stores were less than a mile apart.

I got the flyers, planned meals around the loss leaders and ended up saving quite a bit of money.

And, I'll confess that back in that day, if the Sunday paper was heavily laden with coupons, I'd buy two.

[ October 11, 2004 04:38 PM: Message edited by: gae ]
October 11th, 2004, 11:08 PM
LanDroid

I've been on a shopping trip like that, Aurora. What made that one worse was the woman had a habit of half-filling the shopping cart then reversing course and putting half of that back on the shelf, finally spending about $8.50 while stealing 15 brown paper bags to use for the garbage, then moving on to the next store... [img]graemlins/whatever.gif[/img]

[ October 11, 2004 08:08 PM: Message edited by: LanDroid ]
October 12th, 2004, 02:16 AM
cincygreg

To be honest gae, I havent been in that place in years (actually only been once) and I dont think it'd be worth the trip for me. Not that they dont have everything, but I just don't have enough stuff to buy to justify the trip.

You could probably spend all day in that place and still not see everything.

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October 12th, 2004, 03:11 AM
Sluggo

My husband is the shopper in the family. He does almost all of the grocery shopping and he is a "bargain hunter" BIG TIME.
I find, in food items, most often the store brand is almost as good as the name brands. But in cleaning items some of the name brands are difinitely better than the store brands. I think because there are certain "standards" that must be met by all brands. I don't think those same standards are used in non-food items. [img]graemlins/cry.gif[/img]
October 12th, 2004, 03:19 AM
travelinman

Center of the store shit I don't care about, it's all crap anyway.
October 12th, 2004, 03:48 AM
gae

Very little brand loyalty here on cleaning or laundry products. I'll buy whatever is on sale.

Trav insists on certain other products -- shampoo, conditioner, etc.

We buy very few processed foods, but pasta and tomato products must be imported from Italy.
October 12th, 2004, 11:06 AM
gae

Quote:

Originally posted by cincygreg:
To be honest gae, I havent been in that place in years (actually only been once) and I dont think it'd be worth the trip for me. Not that they dont have everything, but I just don't have enough stuff to buy to justify the trip.

You could probably spend all day in that place and still not see everything.

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Greg, it's worth it, just for the entertainment value!
October 12th, 2004, 12:26 PM
Cagliostro

I try to buy American made. And it's getting more and more difficult to do. (from a supply perspective, not as a choice)
October 12th, 2004, 12:28 PM
Cagliostro

Quote:

Originally posted by Aurora Leigh:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by travelinman:
To me bargain shopping is a waste of time unless you find it fun.

An extra hour in the store looking to save a few cents is an hour I am not riding.

Now looking at fresh fish or that latest Asian vegetable is different.

Last time I visited my parents, they took me (food) shopping with them one day. I had never had such a day of unmitigated boredom in my life. They went to one store that had broccoli at 10 cents a pound less than the other stores, got 3 pounds of broccoli, then drove 10 miles to another store that had bananas at 10 cents a pound less than other stores and got 5 pounds of bananas. And so on. We spent four hours grocery shopping, I think my mom saved 3 or 4 dollars, and they must have put a hundred miles on the car.

Like Hell on earth, only more boring. [img]graemlins/thumbs_down.gif[/img] <hr /></blockquote>My grandparents used to do that. It would save my grandmother $2.64 in groceries, and cost my grandfather $15 in gas. Not to mention wasting 4x the amount of time it should have taken.
October 12th, 2004, 04:31 PM
Dulcinea

G L,

Are we related?

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October 12th, 2004, 04:42 PM
Cagliostro

Not unless your maiden name was Griffith.