buy cheap, buy twice

English

Proverb

buy cheap, buy twice

1. Buying a cheap but inferior product is a false economy since it will need replacement.

   Synonyms: good work ain't cheap, cheap work ain't good; you buy cheap, you get cheap

Translations

buying a cheap product is a false economy

• Dutch: goedkoop is duurkoop
• Finnish: köyhällä ei ole varaa halpaan
• German: wer billig kauft, kauft zweimal
• Polish: chytry dwa razy traci (pl)
• Portuguese: o barato sai caro
• Russian: скупо́й пла́тит два́жды (skupój plátit dváždy)
• Spanish: lo barato sale caro

See also

• false economy
• if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys