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Do you decant cheap versions into branded packaging?

kitschkitty
kitschkitty Posts: 3,177 Forumite
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Just wondering, and if so why.

If I have a much more practical container for something (branded or not) I might decant it, but in general I can't see any point, and luckily hubby couldn't care less what we have or what it's packaged in!
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  • mummybearx
    mummybearx Posts: 1,921 Forumite
    No, cos that would mean I had the branded versions to decant into :rotfl:
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  • sjprmc01
    sjprmc01 Posts: 917 Forumite
    Nope, why pretend?
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  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
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    No, but I do decant something's onto plain things. Like liquid soap (which I dislike but my resident parent prefers) and hand cream. I would not decant into other branded bottles, but decanting into plain ceramic ones is fine by me.
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,806 Forumite
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    I put liquid soap into a dispenser that I've got, but wouldn't put Sainsbury's bubble bath into a Moulton Brown bottle, for example.

    I buy things that I'm happy with, I'm not bothered with what others might think about it.
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  • Marmite27
    Marmite27 Posts: 128 Forumite
    Quite the opposite! my mum bought me a nice hand soap and lotion set in a little wire stand last year from Tesc0 and I've been filling it with Rad0x/D0ve etc all year :rotfl:

    There's always one!
  • Popperwell
    Popperwell Posts: 5,088 Forumite
    No, I haven't bothered either but then again as no one visits I don't need to impress anyone. And I'm not sure it bothers anyone that I would know.
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  • meg72
    meg72 Posts: 5,164 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    No because I dont feel the need to impress anyone,if its good enough for me then thats what is available for any visitors.
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  • Linda32
    Linda32 Posts: 4,385 Forumite
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    No I don't do that. Wouldn't think to do it either.

    I do however decant into ceramic soap dispensers and then I use cream bath rather than liquid soap. If anyone was to ask I'd say it was cream bath.
  • Jojo_the_Tightfisted
    Jojo_the_Tightfisted Posts: 27,228 Forumite
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    With my ex, I would decant Basics ketchup into a Heinz squeezy bottle, unwrap butter, take cornflakes out of the box, that kind of thing - because he would throw anything away that looked like 'someone poor bought them'.
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  • flutterbyuk25
    flutterbyuk25 Posts: 7,009 Forumite
    Nope. I only decant stuff to make it more useful.

    I only decant nail varnish remover to a different bottle cos it's better suited for soaking nails in it's lid than the bottle I buy. And I decant baby shampoo into a hand soap dispenser as it's used for hand soap.
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