# Things it ISN'T OK to go cheap on: **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 10, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-it-isnt-ok-to-go-cheap-on/403565 "2007-05-10T17:34:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-it-isnt-ok-to-go-cheap-on/403565/81 "2007-05-12T05:19:23Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Penile implants. I’m just guessin’. [/QUOTE] No, these are okay. And actually, popsicle sticks will do in a pinch. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-it-isnt-ok-to-go-cheap-on/403565/82 "2007-05-12T14:37:07Z")
Apt username. I’m going to go with stamps. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-it-isnt-ok-to-go-cheap-on/403565/83 "2007-05-12T15:38:16Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] It’s like buying a Porsche 911, then filling its gas tank with kerosene. [/QUOTE] Woa, you can do that? Does the car run? Well then, maybe I can afford that Porsche after all… 😛 -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-it-isnt-ok-to-go-cheap-on/403565/84 "2007-05-13T00:17:09Z")
[QUOTE=Enderw24] Apt username. I’m going to go with stamps. [/QUOTE] Hey, for a year or so there, one cent stamps were very useful. Then they bumped the postage rate again, and everyone was snatching up three cent stamps. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-it-isnt-ok-to-go-cheap-on/403565/85 "2007-05-13T03:11:38Z")
Anything you care about the quality of. May I share the words of John Ruskin? "There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man’s lawful prey.” But especially guns and T.P. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-it-isnt-ok-to-go-cheap-on/403565/86 "2007-05-13T03:55:47Z")
Government. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-it-isnt-ok-to-go-cheap-on/403565/87 "2007-05-13T04:07:04Z")
Am I the only one here that swears by cheap, 1-ply toilet paper? One the other hand, I’ve probably gone cheap on most of the items mentioned here (excluding things like guns and airplanes that I’ve never purchased) other than tattoos. I will second dress shoes, though, even if I did manage to score my Fluevogs (that I love) at a 50% off bargain. ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-it-isnt-ok-to-go-cheap-on/403565/88 "2007-05-13T04:43:52Z")
Shoes Beds Bras Yes, if your bras are mostly decorative, you can get cheap ones. But if you badly need the support, cheap bras are just begging for trouble. And back pain. ---
**Author:** ![MaddyStrut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@MaddyStrut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaddyStrut)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-it-isnt-ok-to-go-cheap-on/403565/89 "2007-05-13T05:34:14Z")
My brother (who can squeeze a penny till it screams) tried to save some money by reserving one of the cheaper rooms on his honeymoon cruise. The cheaper rooms all had bunk beds. Luckily, my sister in law found out before he’d finalized the arrangement. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-it-isnt-ok-to-go-cheap-on/403565.md?page=4)