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Old Thu Apr 05, 2007, 12:48pm
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Originally Posted by M&M Guy
My guess is the quality might not be the same. However, my guess is there is also not $100 worth of extra materials and workmanship in the higher-priced shoes as well.

It seems pretty obvious marketing has just as much (if not more) of an effect on price than just quality. So don't expect Nike to go down without a fight.
Wow. What a GREAT idea! And it could only work with the backing of an NBA Starbury. I hope this does work.

As for that extra $100 of quality materials & workmanship...maybe $98 of it goes towards brand profit & marketing. Much of the rest goes to the factory owner then whatever is left goes towards the materials. I don't suppose the actual worker supplying the workmanship even knows he's responsible for a "quality" product. He just keeps cranking them out.
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