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| you get what you pay for (Prov. Cliché If you do not pay much money for something, it is probably of poor quality.; If you pay well for something, it is more likely to be of good quality. Alan: I was so pleased to find shoes for such a low price, but look, they're falling apart already. Jane: You get what you pay for. This brand of soup is more expensive, but remember, you get what you pay for. Bullfinch) | |||
| don't be penny wise and pound foolish (bigmaxus) | |||
| buy nice or buy twice (slitely_mad); buy cheap, buy twice (slitely_mad); if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys (Задорожний) | |||
| A cheapskate pays twice.A miser pays twice. (october); it'll cost more in the end (VLZ_58); penny wise and pound foolish (unwise because doing something small now would prevent much more trouble later: Education budget cuts are penny wise and pound foolish – public education is an investment in our future Taras); a lazy man works twice as hard (Баян); a lazy man does twice the work (Баян) | |||
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| Penny-wise, but pound-foolish. (AlexanderKayumov); Buy the best and you once cry once. (AlexanderKayumov); if you buy cheaply, you pay dearly; Cheapest is the dearest. (AlexanderKayumov) | |||