# Do you spend the extra couple bucks for quality or brand names? Or do you buy generic

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 12, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-spend-the-extra-couple-bucks-for-quality-or-brand-names-or-do-you-buy-generic/418896 "2007-09-12T14:00:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-spend-the-extra-couple-bucks-for-quality-or-brand-names-or-do-you-buy-generic/418896/21 "2007-09-15T04:51:04Z")

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[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry]  
😕 Why is this desirable in a toilet paper?  
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If **wheresgeorge04** is anything like me, I think he means that a _roll_ of Scott TP lasts forever. Which is nice, better than a roll of Charmin that seems comfy but is gone in three [del]shittings[/del] sittings.

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