Why do products from larger companies cost more than those from smaller companies?

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by Public Citizen

Question by Marisol: Why do products from larger companies cost more than those from smaller companies?

For example: an ipod shuffle costs more than another lesser-known mp3 player that has the shuffle feature as well.

Or

A Dell laptop with similar specs (if not slightly lower) as an Ibuypower laptop, but costs 200-300 dollars more.

Best answer:

Answer by Thedrip
Advertising is part of it.

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Q&A: Good morning. What should be done about all those defective products we receive from China?

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Question by Still Beautifully Conservative: Good morning. What should be done about all those defective products we receive from China?

With the recent recalls from the Mattel Corporation of their toys and other things, should we boycott them?

Or demand Mattel (or any other company for that matter) to keep a closer eye on how their toys and products are produced in China?

Or demand that they start producing their products here in the US and we, the consumer, pay the higher price for them?

All thoughts on this matter are gratefully appreciated.

Best answer:

Answer by stev
Sue Mattel.

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Are those Airplane designing engineers that stupid?

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Question by wo: Are those Airplane designing engineers that stupid?

* Events of Airplane accidents involving birds are so common.
* I believe the designing Engineers are so stupid not to realize that suitable grills/metal nets are so important to be provided to the engine’s front, so to prevent various type of birds from filtering through causing plane damages or crashes.
* This solution is the simplest thing comes on any sound minded person.
*** If grill fitting is not the solution (which I don’t believe! ) then please explain why?

Best answer:

Answer by Sparky
to make a grille small enough to keep out birds, it would reduce the efficiency of the engine so much it would not be economical to fly the plane. by reducing the airflow into the engine with such a grille, the engine would have to be much larger to obtain the same thrust.

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Those of you who have requested a refund from the McNeil product recall website?

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by Public Citizen

Question by ?Holly? Mama to Jaden and Rylee: Those of you who have requested a refund from the McNeil product recall website?

For the recent tylenol/motrin/bendadry/zyrtec recall. I sent my request last night. I had 2 bottles of infant tylenol, one bottle of children’s tylenol, and one bottle of children’s motrin. What happens now? They had to get my phone number and said something about calling me. Will they call me or just send the refund in the mail?
Tina-Me too. They are on my kitchen counter.

I didn’t have an option to have them *not* call me. My phone number was mandatory.

Best answer:

Answer by christy
I submitted mine over a week ago. I chose to be emailed instead of called, but no response yet. It would be nice if they gave a little bit more information. 🙂

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Are those Airplane designing engineers that stupid?

Question by wo: Are those Airplane designing engineers that stupid?

* Events of Airplane accidents involving birds are so common.
* I believe the designing Engineers are so stupid not to realize that suitable grills/metal nets are so important to be provided to the engine’s front, so to prevent various type of birds from filtering through causing plane damages or crashes.
* This solution is the simplest thing comes on any sound minded person.
*** If grill fitting is not the solution (which I don’t believe! ) then please explain why?

Best answer:

Answer by ski_pil0t
Before you start calling Engineers ‘so stupid’, maybe you should do a search for how many times this question has been posed in the last 72 hours and think about how this reflects on your own perspicacity.

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