[Asi9ine]

I have a good example.

I have an Acer laptop. Cheap is the word to describe it. It is half the price of the majority of its nearest competitors. So people think they are paying double to go somewhere else with better quality. They are very wrong.

The truth is, 3 places in the world build laptop components. The Acer hardware will very likely be the same as the Samsung or HP ones you will find out there. It's all about branding, quality is irrelevant. My laptop isn't bad, it does what I ask of it. I see no reason to spend that extra 400 quid when I might as well save it or even buy a duplicate Acer to back the other one up.

Fair on you sir, if you want to pay double for a white tick (because really, that's what it is).

I buy cheaper stuff because (food is the big example with me) it usually tastes better and is more good for you. Corporate products tend to be over-developed in my opinion, and have too much content. As with all kinds of products, the ones that concentrate on just getting it to a standard (and making it marketable) the basics is perhaps what some want. That's why I rarely buy branded food. What's the point?