Thread: Wondering why these brand are expensive?

Originally Posted by gssixgun

You're arguing the Chicken and the Egg Bob

In this case however the Reputation was built way before the Internet These razors were sold originally with very little price difference between them all, only the scales etc: had a value difference, but over time certain brands rose to the top of the heap..

Yea, no doubt reputations were made before the internet. Just how reputations are made consists of a few factors not just performance of a certain task alone. There is good advertising/marketing that may enhance a products reputation beyond what it really deserves in relation to performing it's primary function. If it is hyped enough and the hype is repeated enough it becomes a almost fact. The whole thing is much more complicated than the reputed ability to perform a single function well.

The older you get the more jaundiced you get toward hype but still buy hyped products because what the hey, you can treat yourself. Been guilty of that myself but can separate the wheat from the chaff while doing it.

Bob