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"Fuck those RoseArt crayons." —you guys.
"Off-brand crayons are waxy wastes of time that hardly color." —t49e12a934
Get a box of 152 crayons from Amazon for $12 (available in a two-, three-, four-, or five-pack).
"Rubbing cheap, generic sandpaper toilet paper on your butt doesn't cut it." —nataliec4ed17e378
Get a 24-pack from Amazon for $22 (available in 15 styles).
"I never will use anything else cuz anything generic sucks." —jonathanyao
Get a 12-pack from Amazon for $14 (also available in a five-pack for $10).
"You need half a bottle of the knockoff brands to even get through one load of dishes, when just a few drops of Dawn gets the job done. Plus, Dawn saves wildlife." —averyoset02
Get a two-pack for $12 (available in nine other sizes and quantities).
"It's unparalleled! Our family refuses to buy anything else, because every other detergent made me break out with hives." —betherick85
Get a box of 81 pods from Amazon for $20.
"TAMPONS. NEVER, EVER BUY GENERIC TAMPONS. It doesn't make a huge difference price-wise, but the Tampax/Kotex packaging and overall quality is so much better." —carolinet4a2f6ed51
"Look, you do not use generic brand tampons. Not unless you want your coochie to feel like it's getting acid burns." —AwkwardDesertFox
Get them from Amazon: box of 50 Tampax Pearl tampons for $9 and box of 50 Kotex Security tampons for $6.
"I get cold sores if I'm extremely stressed out and it's the only thing to get rid of them within a day. No generic comes close." —maryc4949eb7b7
Get it from Amazon for $14.
"Dove soap is just so much better than other soaps like it. The smell is fresh, and beauty hack — it even works great as a shampoo. Other white bar soaps are cakey, flaky, and coat the skin. I know it sounds stuck-up, but I love a good lather — only with Dove soap." —kateflowerhome
Get two-pack from Amazon for $3 (available in 17 sizes and 18 styles).
"Cleaning products. Generic window cleaner never quite does the job. Windex every time." —Nora Elizabeth Larsen, Facebook
Get a two-pack on Amazon for $12 (available in a three-pack and in 32oz sizes).