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   >> A lot of these products are the same basic product with a few extra   
   >> features or different trim / badging - with the "heart" or "guts"   
   >> being virtually the same -   
   >>   
   >> You pay a LOT MORE for a Kitchen Aid than for a Maytag or Whirlpool -   
   >> and more yet for a JennAir -  Are you getting more / better? or just   
   >> getting "prestige"?   
   >   
   >I believe that all you're getting is prestige.  The fancy name myth of   
   >assured quality has penetrated many product categories.  The most   
   >expensive high prestige mechanical wrist watch is far less accurate and   
   >less reliable than a quartz movement in a Casio or Timex.  Some name   
   >brand fashion clothing is manufactured in sweat shops in 3rd world   
   >countries in southeast Asia and sewed by machine and then the fancy   
   >brand label is added.   
   >   
   >What I've found to be disheartening when traveling is shopping for a   
   >gift that is characteristic of the country and supposedly authentic, and   
   >everything for sale in the gift shop has labels saying that it was made   
   >in a different country thousands of miles away.   
    Usually in China   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)