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| Memphis metro | Jul 23 2012, 01:08 PM Post #16 |
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Its a pretty good rule of thumb to follow if you pay less your gonna get less, if you pay more your gonna get more. Of course like all things there are some exceptions at times but they are few and far between. Just take a example like a rolex watch verses a 5 dollar walmart watch. Where was both watches made? How much was the production cost of each watch? What is the track record of reliability of each watch? What is the warranty that backs up the product from the manufacturers? What are the materials of the watches? How sophisticated in details are the watches from one another? Like so many other products, you pay for what you get. If a product was made cheap and often inferior then it can sell for less. If it cost more to manufacture then its going to cost you more. As a general rule you pay for what you get and get what you pay for. Just look at the magazine consumer reports. If you look at the ratings of the products they test and rate, you will find its a normal trend that the higher priced products usually rank higher in their reports.To take it even another step, often you do not even get what you pay for! Due to marketing gimmicks and greed the consumer gets the shaft with many products. This is why there are people who do articles like (does it work?). http://wreg.com/category/news/does-it-work/ |
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| bogs | Jul 24 2012, 11:55 AM Post #17 |
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Duct tape heals all wounds
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BR, Your example of watches to me would tend to suit my side of how ridiculous it is to pay more than what you have to for something that works for your needs would be. A Rolex tells time ultimately, so does a Timex. I've had Timex watches that have lasted upwards of 10 or more years and cost around $10. They kept time adequately. Where would be the advantage of paying more than that for a watch, other than as a status symbol? |
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| Memphis metro | Jul 24 2012, 09:27 PM Post #18 |
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I will give you just one example based upon your response. You say a timex gives you ten good years if your lucky. A rolex gives you a lifetime of service. On the same token. A cheap made headgasket might give you a few days, a few months, or maybe even a year or two. A quality built headgasket might give you the life of the engine in serviceability. I myself am not willing to risk an expensive project on a cheap inferior part. I might want to fly a few miles, I would rather trust the quality of a cessna than I had a ultralight. They will both fly. You fly what you like, I will fly the cessna. There is a time and place for cheap and then there is a time and place for quality. Quality cost more to produce and will cost you more to purchase as a general rule. |
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| allmountain40 | Jul 24 2012, 10:26 PM Post #19 |
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Hey Blue Rhino, I see your point, but this is a Metro forum, so we as a group, tend to be on the "if its cheep I'll take my chances" side of this argument. If we could afford rolexes, we wouldnt be buying metros. Oh, and on that note, If I pay 10 bucks for a timex and it lasts ten years, thats a dollar a year, that would be 70 dollars for an average lifetime service of timex watches. Way better value for the dollar than a 10,000 dollar rolex that might last a lifetime if I don't lose it or destroy it when I'm working in the gararge. But, I do agree that for important things you should pay a little more for a quality part that has a proven track record. |
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| Memphis metro | Jul 24 2012, 10:33 PM Post #20 |
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Well I would not buy a rolex either but I do wear a rather expensive seiko watch and have enjoyed long service as well as the quality workmanship. The watch comparison I am sure was not the greatest example but maybe it does make my point. Quality products are going to cost more, less quality usually cost less unless someone is trying to rip you a new one for sure. |
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| bogs | Jul 25 2012, 10:56 AM Post #21 |
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Duct tape heals all wounds
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All I see, cheap-ness aside, is that you made my point which is regardless of what you are buying on this planet, it is going to require x to work, from antennas -> watches -> flying -> whatever. Nowhere did I say, by the way, that something like a headgasket shouldn't include the things that fundamentally make it a headgasket, or that a watch shouldn't include a minimum of the things that make it a watch. But beyond those things, you are paying more to say "....you get what you pay for " when what you really should be saying is "wow, look at me, aren't I special, I have this gasoline powered fur covered sink!" rather than "I got what I needed to get the job done". As I said, it is your money, not mine, spend it how you like. |
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| Memphis metro | Jul 25 2012, 11:10 AM Post #22 |
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A few years ago I spoke with someone who worked at autozone about who was making their hoses at the time. They informed me that autozone had a contract with gates for gates to make a cheap grade of radiator hoses for autozone to sell. He informed me because autozone was selling these cheap grade of hoses and at a much cheaper price than competitors, because of the rate of failures of the cheap grade of hoses the gates company dropped their contract of making hoses for them to keep from ruining their good name. Now these hoses had everything to make it a hose but the hose was not the quality of a hose of a more expensive hose nor produce the results there of. Oh well, I will as you say keep spending my money as I see fit. Thanks for offreing me that pleasure. It has nothing to do with ( Look at me ) It has everything to do with cheap made inferior parts and prices compared to more expensive quality parts and pirces as well as cost of manufacturing. As I have said, there is a time for cheap and inferior and a time for quality and more expensive. Its up to each individual to decide what and when he can afford each situation and the consequences that follow. You get what you pay for is a good general rule. |
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