you get what you pay for

Proverb

 * 1) In commercial transactions, the quality of goods and services increases as the prices increase, i.e., the more one pays, the better the merchandise.

Usage notes

 * Used both to denigrate inexpensive goods as naturally inferior and to praise expensive goods as being of high quality.

Derived terms

 * YGWYPF

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 一分錢，一分貨
 * Mandarin: 一分錢，一分貨
 * Danish: du får, hvad du betaler for
 * Finnish: sitä saat, mitä tilaat
 * French:
 * German: Qualität hat ihren Preis
 * Hungarian: olcsó húsnak híg a leve
 * Indonesian: ada rupa, ada harga
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: колку пари, толку музика
 * Spanish: nadie da duros a pesetas
 * Swedish: man får vad man betalar för
 * Vietnamese: tiền nào của nấy, tiền nào của đó, tiền nào của đấy