Ralph Cramden wrote:
rgatijnet1 wrote:
To their surprise, people paid $645 for shoes that were sold in their other store for $39.95. The purchasers raved about the high quality materials and workmanship for the exact same shoes they could have bought at PayLess. They were eventually given their money back, but it was a great lesson in how free enterprise works. For whatever reason, some consumers are willing to pay much more for a product than others, just because they figure that a higher price MUST mean high quality.
Ha...just like those Palessi wearing RV owners on these boards who claim higher price or higher weight MUST mean higher quality LOL.
Years ago, I worked at a regional store similar to target. One day, I was working in the clothing department stocking new merchandise. A couple women came by looking at the clothes I had just put out and said "let's go next door to Millers Outpost. They have better clothing".
What they didn't know is that the clothing I just put out, and that they lifted their noses at, had been tagged at the manufacturing plant for Millers Outpost. I had spent 10 minutes before putting then out cutting off all the Millers Outpost tags and adding our own. And the cost was about $5 cheaper at our store.
People have always been fooled by brand name equals quality as well as price equals quality.