proof is in the price?

[lauralh]

I personally don't like paying a lot of money for a logo or a brand, but I have to admit that a lot of times the extra money goes for quality. Sometimes it doesn't, but often it does. I don't see a big difference in prices on soaps, usually, but hair conditioner has a wide variation. Food quality often has a high correlation to price, especially non-bulk items. Chocolate? You definitely get what you pay for there, as evidenced by the bag of M&M's versus the bag of Dove chocolates. Guess which one empties faster.

Am I right or wrong?

Comments

[greywanderer.livejournal.com]

I actually prefer M&Ms though for the most part I'm chocolate snob. I agree with the rest though. I'll pay more for a name brand if it also buys me peace of mind that I'm getting a good product.

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

M&M's have their place, it's true. I should have said Hershey's Kisses. Or hershey's anything. Blech.

[greywanderer.livejournal.com]

completely agreed. I think they put crack in M&Ms. Hershey's is just scary. I won't eat it even if given to me.

[(Anonymous)]

You are quite right. I would rather spend the extra on food or clothes for quality. I'd much rather eat a sundae from Ghiradelli then one from DQ.

[davidgrenier.livejournal.com]

I like M&Ms.

I think that sometimes it's true that better things cost more. Sometimes it's not. A linux v. mac war could be started over this concept!

I also think it's sad that oftentimes two identical items coming off the same assembly line will sell for vastly different sums based on the nameplate put on them at the end. Like the old Geo Prizm and Toyota Corolla. Or sweatshops that make "designer" clothes AND the cheap knockoffs that sell for 1/10th the price.

not to mention lexus and toyota

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. I'm not saying always. Like my jeans from high school (bought at Wal-mart) are still going, but my Gap jeans fell apart after a few years. Of course I guess if you only buy clothes once every four years that's the kind of thing that you deserve, but still.

[buckylea.livejournal.com]

Do you guys gots cadburys? I'm sure you do, because i know canada does. it is like, good good good chocolate. i kinda hate anything that isn't cadburys by default, though i do like hershey's cookies and cream.
it's true though, about paying for quality. everyone knows that it's worth paying more for a giant killer python rather than a regular one.

mmm, giant killer python

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

Cadbury's is good, but I still think Milka is better. I'm just a sucker for purple cows I guess.

[xkisses.livejournal.com]

Well..I can say that I am more than content to plunk down hundreds of dollars for Nine West boots and coats - I know they will last longer than I will. As with Prescriptives makeup - 35 bucks for a bottle of foundation, but Cover Girl ain't got shit on Prescriptives. It all depends on quality, really. And I'm totally happy to pay top dollar for quality stuff that I'll use all the time.

Oh - and the best thing that I have ever eaten in my entire life was a massive strawberry covered in Godiva Chocolate. 10 bucks for a chocolate-covered strawberry, but it was better than anything I've ever tasted.

the other thing is

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

Once you get to a certain level of quality, I for one can't tell the difference. I mean can you really tell the difference between a five-dollar bar of chocolate and a ten-dollar bar of chocolate? Or clothes that last twenty years versus clothes that last forty?