Dorsetmike
Member
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I sometimes wonder at the gullibility of some people; they pay way over the odds just to have a branded product when an equally good in all respects alternative is available withouth the "big" name; some examples -
Camera battery, manufacturers own brand £69.99, almost identical item except for the name £10.79, only difference the non branded item has slightly lower capacity, so you only get 380 shots to a charge against 400; if you want a "clone" that has the same capacity as the branded item then you pay about £24.
Camera Lens, made by Tamron £349, same lens but with a Sony badge £469
Camera remote Sony release cable 50cm long £37.42, unbranded 1M long, Ebay £3.45, wireles remote control works up to 100M Ebay £21.
Similar price differences for other manufacturers.
Same sort of thing happens with most things we buy now, even foods, branded (and heavily advertised) often more than twice the price of a supermarket own brand.
Just how much is a name worth? How much is down to advertising costs?
In quite a few cases items come off the same production line in China some with a "known" brand name some without, cost the same to make but sell for widely different prices. Why do we let it happen?
Slightly different is software prices, in Europe we pay up to twice as much for the same item than is charged in USA, Adobe and Microsoft in particular; one excuse that was trotted out was translation into a different language, errrrr helloooo, in UK we speak English so what translation cost?
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I sometimes wonder at the gullibility of some people; they pay way over the odds just to have a branded product when an equally good in all respects alternative is available withouth the "big" name; some examples -
Camera battery, manufacturers own brand £69.99, almost identical item except for the name £10.79, only difference the non branded item has slightly lower capacity, so you only get 380 shots to a charge against 400; if you want a "clone" that has the same capacity as the branded item then you pay about £24.
Camera Lens, made by Tamron £349, same lens but with a Sony badge £469
Camera remote Sony release cable 50cm long £37.42, unbranded 1M long, Ebay £3.45, wireles remote control works up to 100M Ebay £21.
Similar price differences for other manufacturers.
Same sort of thing happens with most things we buy now, even foods, branded (and heavily advertised) often more than twice the price of a supermarket own brand.
Just how much is a name worth? How much is down to advertising costs?
In quite a few cases items come off the same production line in China some with a "known" brand name some without, cost the same to make but sell for widely different prices. Why do we let it happen?
Slightly different is software prices, in Europe we pay up to twice as much for the same item than is charged in USA, Adobe and Microsoft in particular; one excuse that was trotted out was translation into a different language, errrrr helloooo, in UK we speak English so what translation cost?
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