On 12/09/2016 12:11, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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On Monday, 12 September 2016 00:24:27 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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tabbypurr wrote:
On Sunday, 11 September 2016 21:38:32 UTC+1, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 09/09/2016 14:07, tabbypurr wrote:
On Thursday, 8 September 2016 21:38:45 UTC+1, newshound wrote:

In the old days, the far east used to make cheap clones of quality
western stuff. These days, I suspect most of that sort of stuff,
even when sold with nice packaging in pet shops, comes out of the
same far eastern factories. They have recognised that they make
more money from good quality products.

no, they haven't. I buy Chinese products as part of my work.

YMMV. So do we - some of their stuff is pretty good.

Andy

Yup, and at the other end some is not acceptable.


You generally get what you pay for.

Heh, the world would be a lot simpler.

I've bought quite a lot from the far east. Usually electronics and
components. And generally, been amazed by the value for money. But if
seeing something on sale at a price which seemed to good to be true -
compared to other such products from the same area - it usually is.
Most notable being rechargeable battery cells.

It's a balancing act. Guessing if the low price is due to selling direct
rather than via a retail chain which adds a mark up at each point. Or
really is just cheap rubbish. Because there are UK etc firms that sell the
same product at a vastly higher price.


A lot of the retail price is the brand.
It doesn't cost any more to make a pair of nike trainers than a pair of
george trainers but they sell for far more.