What would you consider not worth spending in SG. Discussion about everyday goods and services, not luxury items.
Finding inspiration, I wanna see what else people save on or how they justify their decisions. Here are mine,
Fast food – If its not something i really love I wont spend. $12 subway or burger meal, I rather order nasi padang until shiok.
Non-urgent cabbing – Public transport is so efficient its ridiculous to spend $30 on cab. I use the time spent on public transport for reading, planning, writing, gaming, anything that I can use phone for.
Online game products – One cosmetic skin can cost $10 to $100, even worse if its gacha mechanic. That amount I rather buy 2 new games on Nintendo Switch can play for whole year.
Netflix subscription – Do you really watch everyday? If you finished a series, why would u purposely force yourself to find another series to commit to just to justify your subscription? Its alot of wasted time. Youtube tiktok has great content too.
Netizens’ comments
- I walked back from Orchard to AMK at midnight before, because I refused to spend on a cab. 😭
- Ordering drinks when eating out – bring your own water.
- Bottled Water – Free tap water everywhere, why buy bottled water? just bring your own bottle
- Products that label themselves as “healthy” and “organic” though most of the time they ain’t healthier nor more organic compared to the normal stuff, but they cost 1.5-3x more.
Overhyped cafes and restaurants as hype doesn’t change the taste of food or drinks - Am i the only one here who thinks that bread/pastries are getting expensive? Like one croissant can cost $5-$6 at cafes. I mean i find 4 leaves one of the more reasonable bakeries but some bakeries the pricing really quite ridiculous! I still buy bread tho but just needed to say it out!! Hahaha. My mum who learnt bread making completely stopped buying bread because she said buying 4 sausage bread from a bakery is literally the cost of making 15 – 18 of them.. Same with muffins!
- Branded clothing, comfort has no difference for clothing
A Gucci t shirt made out of cotton has the same comfort as Uniqlo n etc but it’ll cost you multiple times more
Anyways, I live by this code “if you use that item everyday then splurge on it, but if you don’t then don’t bother” give you an example. A person who watches tv daily would enjoy the difference in high end specs such as oled etc - I may sound counter intuitive. But spend on quality food for lunch instead of cheaper options like Cai Png, chicken rice,etc.
I eat Daily cut everyday and while at first glance it is expensive, I feel full, good and motivated when I eat it. The hawker centre food is often not enough and also not exactly healthy for the long term - Condo. Pay so much only to have to deal with politics and weird rules of MSCT, fight to use and book facilities, self-entitled neighbours, and for new launch/newer condos have to live with cookie cutter interiors/weird design decisions and pathetically cramped living space. Much more freedom and bespoke living with HDB.
- Possibly an unpopular opinion, but spending $5-7 on barista coffee never made sense to me when $1.2 kopi-o kosong exists.
And bubble tea is like paying to get diabetes. - In most cases it’s not worth buying pasta dishes outside. It’s super easy to make quick, tasty pasta at home.
- Definitely 1) Clothing (including shoes) I prefer to buy during traveling or super sale. 2) Gaming – use to spend abt 500 on games monthly but has learned that it’s better to use on skin care. More benefits. 3) Food delivery- why spend that extra money. Prefer to walk and buy myself.