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How Much Are You Paying For Electronics Labels?

Posted by timothy on from the is-that-a-bugle-boy-accesss-point dept.

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.

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  1. Re:Customer Expectations by john_smith_45678 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I believe it. I work at a gas station and all the various octanes (85-91) come from the EXACT SAME tank.

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  2. Not *all* the Optimus stuff was from RCA ... by timothy · · Score: 0, Troll

    There are / were more OEMs for Optimus stuff. I think Shure made at least some of the mics, Koss made some of the headphones, etc. I've seen lists that show product equivalence; in some cases the RadioShack version was a better deal, in some cases it wasn't.

    (Tense confusion above because if they're not carrying optimus stuff any more, I didn't know it ... I haven't been in RS much recently ;))

    timothy

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