Depends on the nature of the item
Decent expensive stuff should really just be decent stuff irrespective of price i.e. I tend to buy mid range tyres rather than the high end ones and get just as good a drive. But I have bought expensive wine that was shit.

Alt: Get very drunk,

altalt blood flecked (that's a colour innit?)
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 11:53, 2 replies, latest was 10 years ago)

She asked about your toothbrush, not your stools

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 11:54, Reply)

It counts for both mate

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 12:02, Reply)

Why are you using your toothbrush on your stools?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 15 Sep 2014, 12:04, Reply)

gets them a nice shiney finish
For when I post them to friends and relatives
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 12:07, Reply)

Never scrimp on tyres or brakes
Mind you, the company pays for them.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 11:55, Reply)

I've always bought the cheapst tyres available and they've been 100% fine

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 11:58, Reply)

so far...

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 12:00, Reply)

And when/if something does happen can you prove emperically that it was the tyres at fault?
It's more likely it'll be the 8 pints of stella
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 12:01, Reply)

or Mrs Ape "fixing" the brakes

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 12:03, Reply)

The mid range tyres are just as good nowadays

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 12:02, Reply)

The cheaper ones are ok but can be short on wet grip
harder rubber gives longer wear times but less wet grip, swings and roundabouts.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 12:07, Reply)

NO CAR CHAT
TOOTHBRUSH CHAT

are you soft, medium or hard?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 12:11, Reply)

Always soft :( I think its my age

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 12:16, Reply)

oral b do some that vibrate when you push them in
that might help
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 12:23, Reply)

I heard that popular poster MEATSNAKE lies on his back with his mouth open and lets Lemmy peck away bits of food

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 12:27, Reply)

He takes the same approach to the removal of "clagnuts"

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 12:30, Reply)

he does have a caressing but persistent beak

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 12:55, Reply)

yer, the ends are expensive though.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 12:29, Reply)