best way to kill gas is to buy either the top of the line, or items on the top category, or the real item (ie vintage guitar.)
no way to go if you're on the tip of the pyramid. if you're on the top part of the pryramid (upper triangle), you can't go far dahil few choices na lang.
other than this, if money or availability is the problem, you'd just have to tow the line, somewhere and be content with what you have until your situation improves.