Cheap vs expensive

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Foo2rama

·May 30, 2025·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

So most of have removed cheap and replaced with affordable as there is a huge distinction.

So why not replace expensive with costly?

Discuss.

 

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Felix_La_PuBelle

·May 30, 2025·Sometimes I’m wrong. Usually.

Hmmm. Costly still sounds problematic. What about premium?

 

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Fallout Boy

·May 31, 2025

With "premium", one must wear velvet gloves and silk shirts.

 

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JimInOz

·May 31, 2025·Melbourne Australia

Seiko = Cheap (but good value).
Omega = Expensive (for an entry level brand).
Rolex = Costly (for pocket, value, and personal reputation).

 

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Emeister

·May 31, 2025

I'm affordable.
Results could be costly.

 

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noelekal

·May 31, 2025·Home For Wayward Watches

If you buy a costly watch for a "real deal" than it is cheap.

 

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coffee

·May 31, 2025

You are right. I think I'm going to update my words:

Cheap = rock-bottom
Expensive: a king's ransom

 

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Dan S

·May 31, 2025

Foo2rama

So most of have removed cheap and replaced with affordable as there is a huge distinction.

So why not replace expensive with costly?

Discuss.

I think you meant to say "luxury."

 

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blufinz52

·May 31, 2025·Hears dead people, not watch rotors.

JimInOz

Rolex = Costly (for pocket, value, and personal reputation).

I didn't need a Rolex to ruin my reputation. 😀

 

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Felix_La_PuBelle

·May 31, 2025·Sometimes I’m wrong. Usually.

I thought luxury was a relative term, because a wise man once said a Starbucks coffee can be a luxury for some.

Is there a German word that means, “a watch you don’t tell your wife about until she notices you wearing it one day and you try to casually act like you’ve owned it for years.”

 

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Foo2rama

·May 31, 2025·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

I think cheap implies substandard not good for the money. Affordable is low cost but good quality.

Expensive too many has the connotation that it’s not as good as the price implies.

Hence costly as the opposite to affordable. It’s has a high cost but is worth it.

 

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Felix_La_PuBelle

·May 31, 2025·Sometimes I’m wrong. Usually.

How about “refined”?

As in, “honey, if you’re making me dress up for this dinner I can’t wear one of my cheap watches, I need something more refined.”

 

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pdxleaf

·May 31, 2025·"I cut it TWICE and it's still short!"

How about "Shit-ton of money"?

More money than I have but I really want it.

 

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sheepdoll

·May 31, 2025

Seems the price is too dear for me.

I find that cheap stuff in the long term is more expensive. A cheap watch (or any other item) often needs to be replaced or repaired more often than one that is to dear for my pocket book. Even if it is "cheap at twice the price."

Affordable is just another Orwellian term used by salesbots. It has no real meaning.

 

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Larry S

·May 31, 2025·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

On the “Next Door” forum folks are using the terms “Reasonable” or “affordable” . They mean “cheap”

 

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Foo2rama

·May 31, 2025·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

Larry S

On the “Next Door” forum folks are using the terms “Reasonable” or “affordable” . They mean “cheap”

Off Topic, but I must resist the urge to create chaos on Next Door, people are way way to serious... FooGirl said she would leave me if I created a fake account to have fun on that platform...

 

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MRC

·May 31, 2025

A friend once told me that paying more than £20 for a wristwatch was crazy. In the next breath he described bidding on a Delft plate at auction. He had gone to £4,000 but it went for more than £30,000. One old china plate 🙄

It's all relative.

 

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Larry S

·May 31, 2025·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

Foo2rama

Off Topic, but I must resist the urge to create chaos on Next Door, people are way way to serious... FooGirl said she would leave me if I created a fake account to have fun on that platform...

The Gladys Kravitz channel! I sometimes succumb. To my urge to poke the bear.

Edited: Jun 1, 2025

 

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BlackTalon

·May 31, 2025·This Space for Rent

Wife, tween and upgrades to the house are expensive

First marriage was costly

I'll take expensive over costly any day 😎