Quality Isn’t Always Expensive
Quality doesn’t always have to be expensive, quality is just how and where it’s made.
Cheap, quality, best, high end, bargain, expensive— All words used to describe products all over the world.
But What’s The Difference And What Makes Quality?
When we hear the word quality we automatically presume it’s expensive.
But we all make up the prices put on a product, it doesn’t determine the quality just because it all has a different.
Let me give you an example. Coca Cola makes cola flavored soda and so does a supermarket value brand. The super market value brand will almost use the exact same ingredients and packaging as Coca Cola, Sometimes the value brand might actually taste better, it’s all subjective.
However
The value brand may only cost you £0.20p per can and a can of Coca Cola may cost you £0.70p per can. in a blind testing you could say the value cola is better than the real can of Coca Cola. Yet because of the branding and the price you instantly presume that the can of Coca Cola is better in quality before you even give the other one try.
They both cost the same amount to manufacture, there and thereabouts anyway.
The brand has a massive part to play almost all of it but now were talking about quality not branding.
So, that as an example what about every other products in the world, we can’t keep using price as a quality control method. It’s the product that need to do that.
Where It’s Made
One crucial part of quality for me is simple, where and how it was made and who it was made by.
Anything that is consumed for me and then again just everything as a whole has to be made in a clean, controlled, legitimate place by a professional person who is passionate about what they produce.
Then it all has to have the ability to be traced back to who and where it was exactly made once purchased. If all these boxes are crossed and the full ingredients list is available, then I am happy.
The Product Might Not Be For Me
I might not actually like or get on with it, but that’s just my personal opinion, that does not in any way shape or form make it bad quality. I personally don’t get on with Apple products but that doesn't determine whether they are good quality or not.
So, all of the above for me determines whether its good quality.
Some products may be cheaper than the other but it doesn't mean it’s poor quality.
Cheap
Now, we move onto the cheap products and I don’t mean cheap in price, I mean for me cheap in quality.
Poor quality products for me are products made in a dirty environment, no paperwork, not paying tax, cash only, labels that don;t stand true to the actually product itself and made by a person that cares more about money that passion for the product. The chances are there is no passion there whatsoever.
These products aren’t always cheap sometimes more expensive that the real thing but does this make them good quality?
Definitely not, that’s because price can’t determine the quality.
The Method
I use this method now in almost everything I buy. Check where it’s made and who by and can you trace it back. This doesn’t always bring me satisfaction but I no whatever i’m purchasing or consuming is a top quality product.
Oh, and reviews, reviews are irrelevant because 1000 may hate the product but you may love it. But that’s a blog for another day.
So, stop using price as a way to decide whether it's good quality or not. Start doing 3 seconds more research and you make the decisions what is better quality.
You can have quality that’s cheap and expensive stuff that’s not good quality at all.
Quality = Professionalism.
