"david lang" wrote in message
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Andy Hall aka Matt wrote:

Because some people buy purely on initial price and aren't bright
enough to see the limitations of that strategy.

So my saw horses can't be any good simply because they were cheap? They
happen to be extreemly well made.

Snap-On tools are high quality with a lifetime guarantee. They are
horrendously expensive, like 3 times as everyone else for similar quality.
Other makes give lifetime guarantees too, at 1/3 of the price.

Makita only give 1 year, while even B&Qs PP Pro give 3, as do Lidl and Aldi.
If Makita were so good they would give 3 years. They would stand by their
products. Yes price can be a guarantee of quality, but you may also be
ripped off too.

It's the same mentality that buy cheap food in the same or similar
places.

And what would be wrong with the food in these outlets? They operate in
an
entirely different way to our major supermarkets, which reduces their
costs
dramatically.

The quality is good, not tat. They don't take credit cards and the overheads
are low reflecting the low prices. You see stuff laid out on pallets. The
ranges are not comprehensive, like the main supermarkets.

Simple snobbery is applied in the UK where the 'hard discounters' have
less
than 4% of the market. In Europe they have nearly 20% of the market. Not
uncommon in Denmark to see a Lidl, Aldi or Netto car park full of Mercs,
BMW's & the like.

Yep. Most shop at these place for cheap basic foods you buy many of, and
then to the other supermarkets to fill in. There was a survey on buyers
attitudes. The British are petty snobs. One pillock on this list dismissed
Aldi because he said he saw some Pikies in there. Pathetic.