Actually picked the cheaper option for once and it worked out

I was at the hardware store on Saturday trying to decide between a $45 toilet flapper kit and a $22 generic one. I went with the cheap one and honestly it took me maybe 10 minutes to install and my toilet stopped running after three weeks of that annoying hissing sound. Has anyone else had a surprise win like that?

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thomas.cameron10d agoMost Upvoted

fr that's how it goes sometimes. i swear we've been trained to think expensive = better but it's not always true. i started noticing this at the grocery store too where the store brand stuff is literally made in the same factory as the name brand but costs half the price. same with tools honestly, my dad always told me to buy the cheap version first and only upgrade if it breaks and i've saved so much money that way. most of the time the "cheap" thing works just fine because the tech or design is pretty basic. like a toilet flapper isn't exactly high tech engineering, it's a piece of rubber and a chain. you did it right man, saved yourself some cash and fixed the problem.

jones.angela10d ago

Wait, don't you think paying a little more up front can save you headaches later though? I get what you're saying about store brands @thomas.cameron, but sometimes that cheap part fails at the worst time, like when you've already got everything taken apart.