Got told by my daughter that I was throwing away money on brand name dishwasher pods

She showed me the unit price difference at the Harris Teeter in Falls Church and I switched to the store brand, saving about $4 a box, and honestly I haven't noticed any difference in how clean the dishes come out - has anyone else found a generic that actually works worse than the name brand?

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seth_harris3614d ago

Wait, are you telling me you spent YEARS paying for the "premium" dish soap experience and never thought to try the cheap stuff? Man, I feel your pain because I did the EXACT same thing with laundry detergent. I was convinced Tide was the ONLY thing keeping my clothes from falling apart. Then my wife bought the Great Value brand during a sale, and I swear my jeans are just as clean and my t-shirts aren't any more faded. It's literally the SAME result for half the money. I'm with you on this one - the generic dishwasher pods work perfectly fine. I think the biggest scam is the marketing that makes us feel like we're somehow betraying our appliances if we don't buy the name brand. You're saving $4 a box for no difference at all. That adds up quick over a year.

veraj5314d ago

Yeah, the "betraying our appliances" thing got me. I used to buy name-brand garbage bags because I thought the cheap ones would rip and make a mess. Then I tried the store brand and they work just as good.