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By *usman 199 OP   Man
over a year ago

Stockport

Good afternoon all

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Paracetamol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Most clothing that doesn't include a designer label.

All made in 3rd world countries but because it has a logo on, we'll bump the price x 1000

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By *usman 199 OP   Man
over a year ago

Stockport


"Paracetamol "
go with

that

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

RC servo's, you can get a much cheaper and just as good as the original equipment stuff.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

Tap water is just as good as bottled water

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Skoda is a vw and the Mercedes pickup is a Nissan navara

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By *unnybunny1000Woman
over a year ago

Nottingham

Marmite

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

Most Aldi make up.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

Blowup Doll.

Much cheaper than the genuine article plus you can let the air out and put it back in the cupboard out the way.

Only downside is, it won’t do the washing-up.

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

Unbranded cornflakes, well most cereal

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By *dam_TinaCouple
over a year ago

Hampshire


"Unbranded cornflakes, well most cereal "

Ooft. I bought the Tesco's own brand cornflakes a few months ago. The box would have tasted better.

Kellogg's all the way now.

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By *eat and discreetCouple
over a year ago

somewhere


"Blowup Doll.

Much cheaper than the genuine article plus you can let the air out and put it back in the cupboard out the way.

Only downside is, it won’t do the washing-up.

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

Fab is better than any of the paid-a-lot-for sites...

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By *ighty_tightyMan
over a year ago

Norfolk/Suffolk


"Blowup Doll.

Much cheaper than the genuine article plus you can let the air out and put it back in the cupboard out the way.

Only downside is, it won’t do the washing-up.

"

Get a dishwasher

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

A friend likes the chocolate seashells by Guylian at £10 a box.

Gave him a box of the Lidl ones, for £2.49, and they were the same

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Inequality Street Chocolates

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Tap water is just as good as bottled water "

No it’s not. Bottled water is usually natural spring water. Tap has chemicals added to it, it doesn’t taste nice

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pal told me Aldi’s own brand of tomato soup was nicer than Heinz….. so I bought some…. It’s not nicer it’s exactly the same. I googled it, Heinz makes their soup for Aldi’s brand Bakewell. Only 2 differences are the consistency and the price

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Garage services. Unless still under warranty, get car servicing from a reputable local garage rather than brand dealer. Also cost savings.

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By *iss MaverickWoman
over a year ago

Porthcawl


"Tap water is just as good as bottled water "
blurgh! I live in South Wales and tap abs bottle taste the same, however London water is absolutely vile and tastes nothing like either!!

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

A lot of the time private healthcare is actually worse quality. You're often just paying for a prettier setting and pointless extras. They do have the benefit of shorter waiting lists though.

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By *uenevereWoman
over a year ago

Scunthorpe


"Most Aldi make up."

Not tried their makeup but I'm impressed with the moisturiser.

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By *iss MaverickWoman
over a year ago

Porthcawl

All charcuterie and fresh meat is soooo much better without brand names attached!

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham


"Garage services. Unless still under warranty, get car servicing from a reputable local garage rather than brand dealer. Also cost savings."

Even under warranty you should be able to do this as long as they use genuine parts

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cucumber or a rabbit vibrator. Both do the same thing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As a sound engineer I can recommend Panasonic's Earbuds currently going for £7.56 on Amazon

They're easily as good as other ones twice/three times the price.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sainsbury’s lemonade is probably nicer than Schweppes.

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By *olden RatioWoman
over a year ago

Buckinghamshire


"A friend likes the chocolate seashells by Guylian at £10 a box.

Gave him a box of the Lidl ones, for £2.49, and they were the same "

Plus you get the bonus of the chocolate starfish in the Lidl/Aldi ones

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Unbranded cornflakes, well most cereal "

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By *uke-de-PleasureMan
over a year ago

Leeds


"Cucumber or a rabbit vibrator. Both do the same thing"

I'm not 100% sure you can make rabbit vibrator sandwiches...

Happy to be proven wrong though! Hah!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A friend likes the chocolate seashells by Guylian at £10 a box.

Gave him a box of the Lidl ones, for £2.49, and they were the same

Plus you get the bonus of the chocolate starfish in the Lidl/Aldi ones "

chocolate starfish?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not expensive but fake snickers are WAY better than the real thing and cheaper. I vote Aldi number 1, with Tesco and Lidl runners-up.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Not expensive but fake snickers are WAY better than the real thing and cheaper. I vote Aldi number 1, with Tesco and Lidl runners-up. "

You’re right, the Lidl ones are good

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

I knew someone with a restaurant that did a blind wine tasting. The Lidl wines won

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Aldis fajita kits and Thai curry kits. Half the price and taste better than the leading brands.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Aldi freeze dried coffee, I like it better than Nescafe gold blend

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By *ife NinjaMan
over a year ago

Dunfermline

Dacia Sandero. Just a Renault in disguise

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Not expensive but fake snickers are WAY better than the real thing and cheaper. I vote Aldi number 1, with Tesco and Lidl runners-up.

You’re right, the Lidl ones are good "

I don't even like snickers! I had the Aldi version one day and I'm obsessed now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Iv just swapped from dewalt tools too the erbauer ones with the 2 year warranty, for anyone in the construction industry to be fair, so far so good

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A lot of the time private healthcare is actually worse quality. You're often just paying for a prettier setting and pointless extras. They do have the benefit of shorter waiting lists though. "

So true!

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

I think Aldi luxury Bailey's is nicer than real Bailey's. M and S Bailey's is better than the real one too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Most Aldi things taste the same, if not better than branded items. Apart from the tooth paste and tea bags.

Danish x

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By *uitednbooted2Man
over a year ago

Berkshire

Clingfilm ! Just as good as Durex

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds


"Most Aldi things taste the same, if not better than branded items. Apart from the tooth paste and tea bags.

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Can any tea bags beat Yorkshire tea ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jaguar and Aston Martin. Nuff said

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough


"Jaguar and Aston Martin. Nuff said "
Ford Motors know this.

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

Generic over the counter medicines. Look at the active ingredients in your preferred brand and find the own brand with the same active ingredient.

If the PL number on the generic box is the same as on the branded box then it is exactly the same product made by exactly the same company!

Even if the product licence for the generic is different the active ingredient is the same, though from a different manufacturer. To get a product licence the manufacturers have to prove bioequivalence.

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By *ife NinjaMan
over a year ago

Dunfermline


"I think Aldi luxury Bailey's is nicer than real Bailey's. M and S Bailey's is better than the real one too "

Try the M and S salted caramel version if Bailey's. Fantastic x

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds


"I think Aldi luxury Bailey's is nicer than real Bailey's. M and S Bailey's is better than the real one too

Try the M and S salted caramel version if Bailey's. Fantastic x"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Generic over the counter medicines. Look at the active ingredients in your preferred brand and find the own brand with the same active ingredient.

If the PL number on the generic box is the same as on the branded box then it is exactly the same product made by exactly the same company!

Even if the product licence for the generic is different the active ingredient is the same, though from a different manufacturer. To get a product licence the manufacturers have to prove bioequivalence."

You seriously need to stop watching Martin Lewis

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral


"Generic over the counter medicines. Look at the active ingredients in your preferred brand and find the own brand with the same active ingredient.

If the PL number on the generic box is the same as on the branded box then it is exactly the same product made by exactly the same company!

Even if the product licence for the generic is different the active ingredient is the same, though from a different manufacturer. To get a product licence the manufacturers have to prove bioequivalence.

You seriously need to stop watching Martin Lewis "

Worked for both brand names and generics manufacturers!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Tap water is just as good as bottled water blurgh! I live in South Wales and tap abs bottle taste the same, however London water is absolutely vile and tastes nothing like either!!"

It's funny what you get used to. I grew up in NW Kent and never thought anything of the taste of tap water beyond knowing kettles and the like would always fur up with limescale. When I go back to visit family now it tastes disgusting

Mr

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts


"Tap water is just as good as bottled water blurgh! I live in South Wales and tap abs bottle taste the same, however London water is absolutely vile and tastes nothing like either!!

It's funny what you get used to. I grew up in NW Kent and never thought anything of the taste of tap water beyond knowing kettles and the like would always fur up with limescale. When I go back to visit family now it tastes disgusting

Mr"

Same. I’m from Manchester and I can’t drink the tap water where I am now. It’s vile! I buy bottled. Anyone who says bottled is no different won’t be from around here!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Aldi version of pringles

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross


"Cucumber or a rabbit vibrator. Both do the same thing"

Where do you put the batteries in a cucumber ?

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing


"Garage services. Unless still under warranty, get car servicing from a reputable local garage rather than brand dealer. Also cost savings.

Even under warranty you should be able to do this as long as they use genuine parts "

Fair comment unless car purchased from a dealer.

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By *eadinthecloudsMan
over a year ago

Manchester

Coffee (with a few caveats).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Iv just swapped from dewalt tools too the erbauer ones with the 2 year warranty, for anyone in the construction industry to be fair, so far so good"

DeWalt themselves are just a rebrand of Black and Decker. The trade grade Makita tools do justify the greater expense as they last a lot longer. Anything less that professional and you're just as well with ones you've mentioned.

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By *he sultan of swingMan
over a year ago

mid devon


"Blowup Doll.

Much cheaper than the genuine article plus you can let the air out and put it back in the cupboard out the way.

Only downside is, it won’t do the washing-up.

"

Also there versatile blow them up inside out and they have a cock! Lol

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport


"Cucumber or a rabbit vibrator. Both do the same thing

Where do you put the batteries in a cucumber ?"

You have to get the rechargeable cucumbers...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All generic medications such as paracetamol, ibuprofen, allergy pills etc etc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oppo phone does everything a I phone does at a fraction of the cost

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Dacia Sandero. Just a Renault in disguise "

Open the bonnet and the engine is stamped Renault!

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By *hoirCouple
over a year ago

Clacton/Bury St. Edmunds


"Paracetamol "

This isn't true. The mix is different.

C

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Epiphone

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By *aptain Caveman41Man
over a year ago

Home

Audi a6 and skoda superb basically the same car only the skoda is far cheaper

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

Bread it's all made in the same place just cut differently for each store

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Most clothing that doesn't include a designer label.

All made in 3rd world countries but because it has a logo on, we'll bump the price x 1000 "

This

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"As a sound engineer I can recommend Panasonic's Earbuds currently going for £7.56 on Amazon

They're easily as good as other ones twice/three times the price. "

Sound engineer recommending ear buds?

OK I have to ask. Ear buds always and I mean always sound shitty. What use do they serve to an audio engineer?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Good afternoon all "

Home made food, even better quality

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Audi a6 and skoda superb basically the same car only the skoda is far cheaper "

Yeah but you can't claim ownership of the road or make up your own traffic laws in a Skoda

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

Grow your own vegetables

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By *9alMan
over a year ago

Bridgend


"Tap water is just as good as bottled water blurgh! I live in South Wales and tap abs bottle taste the same, however London water is absolutely vile and tastes nothing like either!!"

I have lived in London & S Wales & can confirm this

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By *oroRick1027Man
over a year ago

Middlesbrough


"As a sound engineer I can recommend Panasonic's Earbuds currently going for £7.56 on Amazon

They're easily as good as other ones twice/three times the price. "

Are these the ones? Panasonic RP-HJE125E-K

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By *litterbabeWoman
over a year ago

hiding from cock pics.

Tesco yeast spread and marmite

Fairy dishwasher capsules and Aldi

I find no difference between the basic own brand dry pasta and the premium ones

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By *adymischiefWoman
over a year ago

Llantrisant


"Tap water is just as good as bottled water blurgh! I live in South Wales and tap abs bottle taste the same, however London water is absolutely vile and tastes nothing like either!!"

Agreed.. tap water definitely

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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago

Finedon ,


"Audi a6 and skoda superb basically the same car only the skoda is far cheaper "

And in my opinion the Skoda has a better build quality

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By *nkforthekinkMan
over a year ago

london/fareham/brighton

Lidl?!?

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By *ickeyblueeyes7Man
over a year ago

newport


"Tap water is just as good as bottled water

No it’s not. Bottled water is usually natural spring water. Tap has chemicals added to it, it doesn’t taste nice "

All tap water tastes different depends what part of the country you live in and all bottled water tastes differently for the same reasons some of the French ones taste like crap. Generally only drink tap water can’t see why you would spend out on bottled water

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By *iss MaverickWoman
over a year ago

Porthcawl


"Tap water is just as good as bottled water blurgh! I live in South Wales and tap abs bottle taste the same, however London water is absolutely vile and tastes nothing like either!!

It's funny what you get used to. I grew up in NW Kent and never thought anything of the taste of tap water beyond knowing kettles and the like would always fur up with limescale. When I go back to visit family now it tastes disgusting

Mr"
Welsh is best

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By *iss MaverickWoman
over a year ago

Porthcawl


"Tap water is just as good as bottled water blurgh! I live in South Wales and tap abs bottle taste the same, however London water is absolutely vile and tastes nothing like either!!

Agreed.. tap water definitely "
we are so lucky!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Choco Changer from Aldi. Same makers as Tony's Chocolonely and still use Fair Trade chocolate

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By *enny PR9TV/TS
over a year ago

Southport


"Blowup Doll.

Much cheaper than the genuine article plus you can let the air out and put it back in the cupboard out the way.

Only downside is, it won’t do the washing-up.

Get a dishwasher"

Isn't that why God gave women smaller feet?

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

Parking.

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By *astle321Man
over a year ago

pershore

Aldi mustard.

Aldi potato waffles

Aldi sparkling water

No relation....

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham


"Iv just swapped from dewalt tools too the erbauer ones with the 2 year warranty, for anyone in the construction industry to be fair, so far so good"

I like my Dewalts, the colours mostly

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham


"Audi a6 and skoda superb basically the same car only the skoda is far cheaper

And in my opinion the Skoda has a better build quality"

Skodas are the 'thinking man's' Audi

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By *quirtyndirty!Couple
over a year ago

Nottingham

Happy shopper magnums are the same as the real ones, made in same factory

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

An empty autograph book, versus a full one.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Asda's baked beans, I am told are made in the same location as Heinz.

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By *wogoodtobetrueMan
over a year ago

North East

Lidl Danpak butter same as Lurpak but half the price

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By *inkyeroticaCouple
over a year ago

Ampthill


"Garage services. Unless still under warranty, get car servicing from a reputable local garage rather than brand dealer. Also cost savings.

Even under warranty you should be able to do this as long as they use genuine parts

Fair comment unless car purchased from a dealer."

Nope! There is no legal requirement to use a main dealer to service a car to maintain the warranty. You just need to prove it has been serviced to manufacturers requirements.

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By *inkyeroticaCouple
over a year ago

Ampthill


"Audi a6 and skoda superb basically the same car only the skoda is far cheaper "

The Mk1 Superb was based on the extended Passat platform used for the longer wheelbase China only Passat. The Mk2 did indeed share the platform of the Audi A6 of that generation. The latest model is yet another iteration of the VAG MBQ platform which, strictly speaking, is shared technology rather than a shared platform.

All VAG products share components from major to minor, with each brand essential adding it’s own style, brand, and market position to the mix.

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By *inkyeroticaCouple
over a year ago

Ampthill


"Dacia Sandero. Just a Renault in disguise

Open the bonnet and the engine is stamped Renault!"

Outside of Europe, it’s sold as a Renault, as are all Dacia models.

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By *enny PR9TV/TS
over a year ago

Southport

While Poundland are not noted for the quality of the products they sell I can recommend the Vido True wireless Earbuds (Get the black ones, not the white ones that look like a rip-off of Apple air pods, apparently the sound on those are quite muffled). For £10 they are excellent value and punch well above their weight. 'Ashens' on YouTube did a review on them a week or so ago, like him I bought 2 sets of the black ones.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

Greeting cards.

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