So what are you?

[TheEarl]

Good food is not processed, canned and branded. Good food stares back at you from an ice packed counter. I have a whole wonderland of bakerys, deli stores, butchers, greengroceries and such just a short walk from where I live. Sure, sometimes it costs a lot, but on the other hand, sometimes it's cheaper than the vacuum packed supermaket stuff.


#L

Hear hear. I'll pay more for top-draw food. Only sometimes you don't need to.

The Earl

 

[carsonshepherd]

I have more expensive footwear than I should. (And of course I wear a $30 pair of New Balance hikers all the time.)

Clothes? strictly jeans and t-shirts. My boyfriend and I share jackets, sweatshirts and boxers. When I pick out his clothes I get the ones I like.

I buy generic food.

I realized a few nights ago we spend more money on beer than just about anything else. Is that pathetic? Oh well. Gimme a beer.

 

[Evil Alpaca]

My DVD collection is probably more expensive (actually, no "probably" about it) than any furniture I own. And I like buying breathable socks.

 

[rikaaim]

I buy based on quality. I don't care about the name or price, although I never have any money. If something sounds better, tastes betters, or looks better, that's what I want. My dream stero system, which I don't have yet but will one day, will cost me over 50 thousand dollars. Music is my life and is more important to me than almost anything, about 3 things above music in my most important list.

One pair of speakers is made from an 800 pound block of rose marble. They cost 3k each.

The rest of my speakers cost a minimum of 5k each and are hand mand Danish speakers weighing over 100 pounds each.

That's how I feel about everything, it has to be the best, quality.

 

[Lovepotion69]

I'm an in-betweenie. I have both brands stuff and non-brands (eh, wait, everything has a brand). Anyway, nobody in my family really cares much about the brand names that much, but we do go for quality. If I'm getting a winter jacket or winter shoes that I know I'll be using a lot, then I don't mind paying more for good quality stuff.

We're not into designer labels when it comes to clothes though. My aunt in US is though. We noticed that when we got Ralph Lauren towels, eyeglass cases and wallets. LOL Even the grandkids wear the stuff. Mom and I can't see the point in getting kids those kind of clothes as kids outgrow things so fast and get all dirty.

Hm, I never did understand the thing about shoes either. I own quite a few pairs, but they're mainly sneakers and overused. When I like a pair I use them till there are holes in them.
Handbags I never understood either, but I own two now. One fairly cheap and another more expensive.

When it comes to food though! Oh boy, mom's very particular about her groceries. I'm not as particular, but I don't mind spending a little extra for special occasions.

 

[Liar]

The rest of my speakers cost a minimum of 5k each and are hand mand Danish speakers weighing over 100 pounds each.

Who's the manufacturer? I've been looking at those kind of stuff, they are a part of my When I Get Rich scheme.

 

[rikaaim]

Who's the manufacturer? I've been looking at those kind of stuff, they are a part of my When I Get Rich scheme.

For the marble ones it's a company called NOhR. NOhR Audio. They are a Taiwan company I believe. Don't quote me because it's been a long time since I did the research.

The hand made Danish speakers are from Dynaudio.

The best stero recievers, well the one I would get, comes from a company called Sunfire.

Hope that helps.

 

[rikaaim]

I was wrong about NoHR. I'll have to do some investigation on them. But Dynaudio is still around.

 

[Rhys]

I am a clothes horse. I have suits, jackets, shirts, jeans...Yeah, I'm a label queen and I admit it.

I have at least 40 pairs of black shoes. I have a dry cleaning bill from hell. Art supplies are my other big downfall. I love to paint so anything along those lines...I just throw more money at.

I scrimp on somethings...I don't bother going to the grocery store. Where I live, its easier and strangely cheaper to eat out.

 

[carsonshepherd]

My DVD collection is probably more expensive (actually, no "probably" about it) than any furniture I own. And I like buying breathable socks.

My couch has three legs; the other one is a phone book.

 

[yui]

I shop second-hand stores quite often. I can get all sorts of name-brand, designer clothes for next to nothing. The way I look at it is, once an item is washed (or dry-cleaned), you can't tell the "new" from the "second-hand". I watch for department store sales and I still have my good quality, very basic cold weather/skiing gear left from college. I will pay for good wool socks and a nice Coach purse (I'll carry it forever).

Sometimes I pay a bit more for groceries, because I shop mainly at an organic grocery store. But, I cook and eat at home most of the time, too. I compensate for the added expense by eating an inordinate amount of ramen noodles, eggs, miso soup, and rice.

I sort of, um, ripped my DVD collection (in my defense, it is comprised mostly of Japanese and Chinese titles not available in the US).

I don't need lots of things. Life is short and I would rather have time to do the fun things than have expensive stuff.

Luck,

Yui

 

[Lovepotion69]

Ok, I admit it. I would never buy any clothes in a second hand store. Just not my style to wear something some stranger has worn before. But you can find cool accessories though.

I'm a jewellery hore actually. Don't care much for clothes as long as they're good quality and timeless style/colours. But jewellery...oh wow. It runs in the family. All the females on mom's side are nuts about jewellery. I love rings. I have two on each hand right now.

DVDs I used to buy during sales on HMV. lol The only full-priced ones I have are the ones I got for Xmas.

 

[SeaCat]

This sounds a lot like one of my families discussions..

I'm cheap about a lot of things, clothes espcialy. I'll buy good, well made clothes before I'll even think about looking at labels. Food? I buy most of the meats at either Sam's Club or Costco. You can get great meats there at really reasonable prices. For the rest of the food there are things called sales and Dollar General. (Oh and most of my spices are either grown by me and the wife, or by our parents.)

Luggage, here's the one that always embarrases my wife. If we're traveling together then we use one of the newer Army Duffels. (You can fit a body in one of these with room to spare, and they're damn near indestructable.) If I'm traveling alone it's one of two Back Packs. The first is an old Army Alice Pack, and the second larger one is my old Alpine Pack.

Shoes are one of the few places I don't scrimp on. We're on our feet all day every day. Again though we don't go for the name brands. The ones we have now went for over $100.00 per pair, but they are also almost a year old and still have some wear in them. Cowboy boots, well they go for a few bucks but they last for years. Hiking shoes, my wife has a pair of high end hiking boots which cost damn near a weeks wages for me, but again they are several years old. Me? I either wear a pair of Jungle Boots, or moccasins. Believe it or not though our most common off duty shoes are sandles or bare feet. The feet come with the original purchase, and the sandles can be had cheap if you look around.

Cat

 

[yui]

Ok, I admit it. I would never buy any clothes in a second hand store. Just not my style to wear something some stranger has worn before. But you can find cool accessories though.

I'm a jewellery hore actually. Don't care much for clothes as long as they're good quality and timeless style/colours. But jewellery...oh wow. It runs in the family. All the females on mom's side are nuts about jewellery. I love rings. I have two on each hand right now.

DVDs I used to buy during sales on HMV. lol The only full-priced ones I have are the ones I got for Xmas.

Lucky for me, second-hand stuff doesn't bother me at all. In fact, it's a very satisfying feeling to know that I only paid $8 for one pair of Lucky Jeans and $4 for another. The $180 dollars I saved is a bit of a rush.

I don't buy everything second-hand, of course, and I like to buy my shoes new. I will pay for good shoes, too.

You're right about the jewelry, LP69. I have some really fun costume and sterling pieces I have picked up at auctions and thrift stores.

I guess, too, the actual act of hunting for a bargain is just fun to me and I know that doesn't appeal to a lot of people.

Luck,

Yui

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

My clothes are from conventions.
My movies are from ebay.
My books are from wherever I can find them.

If I had actually consciously did this to make a statement then I could say something but as is...eh.

Most of the problems I run into is not making a statement, but finding what I'm looking for at a price that won't choke a gazelle. I don't frequent the orgasmatron superstores, but it's not out of any prole sentiment. It's just that superstores don't have what I want. Neither do fancy stores.

 

[Carl East]

As for me, well, I have this thing about being ripped off (and us brits are always being ripped off) a good case in point is the Apple Ipod. I could literally buy a cheap computer for what the asking price of that thing is, and that's not an exaggeration. I want it, and I want it badly, but I refuse to pay that price. It has nothing to do with being tight, or lacking funds I simply will not pay over the odds. After all, it's nothing more than a hard-drive surrounded by a fancy box.

Instead I'll bide my time and wait for a sale or when the sales slump and the price drops.

As for clothes, I like to look smart, so I will spend over the odds on occasion. Again though, I'm always looking for deals and I recently found a beauty. When I went over to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania I found Wrangler Jeans at half price (roughly £8 each) so I bought three pairs. I intend to get another three when I go back.

There will always be things that I want, but unless the price is right I won't buy. I think I've learned to do that over times when money was tight, so penny pinching comes naturally to me now.

By all the replies in this thread, I would have to say that we're all alike in a lot of respects. At least where buying for ourselves are concerned.

Carl