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How Much Are You Paying For Electronics Labels?
An anonymous reader writes "Interesting article on CNET about different consumer electronics brands selling identical OEM products, often at wildly different price points. The author also examines the phenomenon of manufacturers releasing "consumer" and "industrial" versions of the same product -- with the cheaper version aimed at businesses. Probably old news for the slashdot crowd, but it's worth reading to see how much Middle America is overpaying. Caveat emptor, indeed." And there are also product lines where the expensive version is aimed at business buyers, because a higher price implies greater credibility.
My parents run a small business. They tell me that the phone service for businesses is more expensive because businesses threaten to sue as soon as the service goes out for whatever reason.
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i'll disagree - the buick's are a well-built automobile,
... rely on the car, right?
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Buick has surged forward from 3rd to 2nd with a 187 PP100 rating, despite losing 8 positions from its 2003 179 PP100 ranking. The adage "you've got to be good to be lucky" seems appropriate with Buick in this case.
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i own both a buick and a pontiac, and i have had a string of annoying f'ing problems with the pontiac - i'll never buy one again. not that i actually bought this one, but inherited it from my wife, who's family made her buy it... grumble, long story.
the buick - i absolutely would buy another one - the century price-point beats the pants off of the equivalent camry, and is nearly as reliable. specifically, you cant really get a camry with a 6 cylinder engine for less than 24k, whereas you can get the century for 18k with all the incentives right now.
you can also reasonably expect to run both cars to 250,000 without major problems, too. which is how i like to run my cars.
at the top of the buick line, the park ave. ultra is just shweet....
but - i'm a big american guy, and i like big american cars....
if daimler didnt have such a shitty reliablility rating, i'd be seriously considerring the 300C, whose engine is truly drool worthy. mmmmmm hemi.....
but at 38k, you should be able to
(ever notice how engineers are the pickiest people on earth when it comes to buying cars?)
... hi bingo
Hey now....don't cut down Buicks. I am 27 and moved from an Audi to a Park Avenue Ultra. Except for the fact that the Buick can't handle like the Audi (obviously...the thing's twice the size), I'm extremely happy. I've got a car that's just as nice, just as fast, more comfortable, more room, and will last just as long if not longer (GM's 3800 v6 is a fantastically reliable engine). Plus it was cheaper. There is a lot to be said for the newest stuff coming out of Detroit...the big 3 have wised up a lot over the last couple years and are realizing they cannot compete with imports on quality unless things change. And they are.
teeker