If you're purchasing name brand electronics at a big box store like Target or stores that specialize in electronics like Best Buy, then you know you can trust the quality of the items, including the materials used to make them. When you buy electronics at Dollar General, you don't.
"[Generic] brands are usually pulling in parts from a whole bunch of places — not always the same place," Brent Shelton, the online shopping expert for the website Fat Wallet, told Reader's Digest. "So the reliability of quality and safety can't be as sure as from a name brand that has high standards for all parts of the materials used."
Per Insider, it's not just quality of the electronics. It can also be a safety issue as well, as the outlet notes that, "At best, they will perform poorly and fail eventually; at worst, they will short out and create a potentially serious hazard."
Reader's Digest also points out that if a friend told you about a fantastic new phone charger they picked up at Dollar General that's lasted them much longer than expected, you might not get exactly the same as they got even if you buy the same thing. The name on the package might match, but the parts could be much different indeed. As Kiplinger points out, "Given that you'd be plugging them into your beloved smartphone or tablet, why chance it?"
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