you buy cheap, you get cheap

Proverb

Inexpensive goods and services tend to be inferior to more expensive ones.

Japanese Meaning

安かろう悪かろう：安いものは一般に品質も低いことを示す表現です。 / 安く買えば、品質も悪い場合が多いという意味です。

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Remember, when you buy cheap, you get cheap, so it's often wiser to invest a bit more in quality.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

覚えておいてください。非常に安い値段で買うと質の低いものを手に入れることになるので、品質のためにもう少しお金を出すほうが賢明なことが多いです。

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Inexpensive goods and services tend to be inferior to more expensive ones.

No more of that stuff, please and thank you. American Grain, my rosy red ass. Someone should have told those babies you put the fertilizer on the hops before you grow em, not after. A headache on three lousy beers! Gosh! Well—you buy cheap, you get cheap.

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you buy cheap

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you get cheap

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