You Get What You Pay For
Do you know people who refuse to shop at a local supermarket because Walmart's prices are lower?
Decades ago, I was asked to repair a (relatively new) television for a friend. When I opened the back of the name-brand TV, I was appalled at what I found. The parts inside were not the quality parts one normally found in that brand. As a consequence, a cheap capacitor had blown. I went to an electronics store and bought a new (quality) capacitor and a few other parts to replace in the TV and everything was back to normal.
A little follow-up research revealed that discount stores negotiate the use of inferior (cheaper) parts in appliances with the manufacturers so they can sell them at lower prices.
And every time I see a Walmart ad comparing prices for groceries with a local supermarket chain, I cannot help but think of the people I've known who have bought jars of beets and other things from Walmart which listed the same weight on the jar, but inside the jar was more liquid and less bulk vegetable matter than they had been accustomed to in the same products from their regular supermarket.
Read more: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/supermarkets/buying-guide.htm
And remember: "You only get what you pay for."
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