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Less · 07-01-09, 11:24

Danase, it's not ALL marketing. You're points about the remote control and the ipod are well taken. However, for every product you can name where marketing justifies a higher price, I can name a product where quality justifies a higher price.

Just look at batteries. An energizer battery is heavier than it's generic brethren. It's not because of added weights. It actually DOES last longer.

Also, I really don't buy your agrument about bottle water. There IS a test that can show that bottled water is better than tap water. I can take my tap water to a lab and know exactly which minerals are in it, and how much. I can do the same with tap water. If you're fortunate enough to live somewhere that has clean tap water, than good for you. And you're right, you would be stupid to buy it bottled. But there are some very industrialized communities where the water supply is so polluted that it's not even safe to shower.

If I recall correctly from some other threads in which you've posted, your professional occupation is somehow related to the engineering of public water supplies. Am I right? If so, I find your claim that tap water and bottle water are the same to be quite surprising.

Aquafina was criticized recently because people believed that it was "spring" water when in actuality, it was just tap water purchased from a public water supply. Immediately after, they launched an ad campaign where they explained their 7-step filtration process and how it removed harmful chemicals and minerals leaving only clean pure water to drink. Again, this can easily be tested at thousands of facilities nationwide. I have to believe that some consumer advocacy group shelled out the $35 to have the water tested to see if these claims were true. Since nothing more came of it, I have to assume that it's legit.

Furthermore, when you go to the store to buy Aquafina, if you look right next to it, you'll see some bottled water with your local store's logo. It's cheaper. But it doesn't claim to have a 7-step filtration process. It doesn't claim to come from any natural spring. If those things don't mean anything to you, then go ahead and buy the cheaper stuff. But those things DO mean something to some people, and they have the money to spend on certainty.

Again, it's just another example of someone with more disposable income, exercising their right to more discriminating in their choice of products.

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Less Registered User Less is offline Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 470	Re: Zymöl Vintage... what do you charge? Danase, it's not ALL marketing. You're points about the remote control and the ipod are well taken. However, for every product you can name where marketing justifies a higher price, I can name a product where quality justifies a higher price. Just look at batteries. An energizer battery is heavier than it's generic brethren. It's not because of added weights. It actually DOES last longer. Also, I really don't buy your agrument about bottle water. There IS a test that can show that bottled water is better than tap water. I can take my tap water to a lab and know exactly which minerals are in it, and how much. I can do the same with tap water. If you're fortunate enough to live somewhere that has clean tap water, than good for you. And you're right, you would be stupid to buy it bottled. But there are some very industrialized communities where the water supply is so polluted that it's not even safe to shower. If I recall correctly from some other threads in which you've posted, your professional occupation is somehow related to the engineering of public water supplies. Am I right? If so, I find your claim that tap water and bottle water are the same to be quite surprising. Aquafina was criticized recently because people believed that it was "spring" water when in actuality, it was just tap water purchased from a public water supply. Immediately after, they launched an ad campaign where they explained their 7-step filtration process and how it removed harmful chemicals and minerals leaving only clean pure water to drink. Again, this can easily be tested at thousands of facilities nationwide. I have to believe that some consumer advocacy group shelled out the $35 to have the water tested to see if these claims were true. Since nothing more came of it, I have to assume that it's legit. Furthermore, when you go to the store to buy Aquafina, if you look right next to it, you'll see some bottled water with your local store's logo. It's cheaper. But it doesn't claim to have a 7-step filtration process. It doesn't claim to come from any natural spring. If those things don't mean anything to you, then go ahead and buy the cheaper stuff. But those things DO mean something to some people, and they have the money to spend on certainty. Again, it's just another example of someone with more disposable income, exercising their right to more discriminating in their choice of products.