"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 2007-07-01 12:31:42 +0100, ":Jerry:" said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 2007-07-01 10:32:42 +0100, ":Jerry:"
said:



Even a straw man argument can be clearly explained, it doesn't
change
the basic merit of the argument used!

Possibly not. I think that there is plenty of merit or I wouldn't
have made the point.


Obviously, otherwise you would be trolling,

I'm not trolling at all. In that sense, the boot is on the other foot
for the suggestion that the perfectly well presented discussion points are
straw man. They are not.


but it still doesn't
change the fact

Your point is an opinion, like mine. Neither are presented as fact.


that much of your arguments fail into the straw man
castigatory.

Nope.

It isn't an issue of snobbery, but of making correct business
decisions by manufacturer and customer.

Yes, and allowing a chain store to market the product as unbranded is
not always bad,

It wouldn't have been but for the following two points:

- There are large numbers of Chinese generic tools on the market that each
look almost the same apart from a few tweaks here and there. As a
result, the mass market has become desensitised and the unbranded --
branded strategy is no longer of much use

- Kress has nothing really innovative to offer and so it would be
difficult for any selling points to be transfered and recognised in going
from unbranded to branded.

Kress is a quality product in the Makita quality range, or better. I rate
their SDS drill as the best in price/performance. Anyone wating an SDS from
the £90 to £150 range then the Wickes/Kress is by far the best buy. Saying
that S/fix are ioffering a Ryobi for £50.