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What's something you'll never get the store brand/generic of? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 7 months ago by Stern to c/asklemmy

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Shoes. You don't end up saving money and it's not worth the pain. I tried for years back when I couldn't afford a thing and concluded that there's simply no such thing as cheap good shoes.

[–] Dasus 28 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Damn right. My backpack is >25 years, my jacket is >40.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory

The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. ... A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. ... But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Always an up vote for the Boots theory!

[–] rayyy 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. I'm cheap but won't buy cheap shoes. First they are a slip hazard that will cost you in pain and medical bills. Secondly, they don't last for shit and are uncomfortable. Also, they make your feet smell bad.
My expensive shoes last so they end up being way cheaper.

[–] LesserAbe 9 points 7 months ago

I wish there was any consistency or correlation in the shoes I buy and how long they last. I agree that generally higher price means better quality. But I decided to spend on some nicer hiking shoes from REI and they both have holes in them, while an $8 pair of business casual shoes I expected to be a throwaway have lasted years now

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Any safety certified equipment tends to cost an a and a leg. Nearly monopoly controlled.