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Pete C.

Del Cecchi wrote:
>
> wrote:
> > Susan,
> >
> > In my previous thread I noted my attempts to verify the similarity of
> > the two products. I couldn't find anything in the specs to suggest they
> > were different. Also, I suspect all of them are made in China these
> > days.
> >
> > That being said, you do have a valid point. There must be some reason
> > Waring goes to the trouble of making a separate Sam's product and all
> > the custom packaging that goes with it.
> >
> > E
> >
>
> Yes, it avoids all those embarrassing price matching issues with other
> customers. This is or was anyway common in consumer electronics where
> the same item for best buy and circuit city would mysteriously have
> model numbers that were different, usually in nnnnnnBB and nnnnnnnCC
> fashion. Sometimes a piece of trim was a different color but often not.
>
> --
> Del Cecchi
> "This post is my own and doesn’t necessarily represent IBM’s positions,
> strategies or opinions.”

I think in some cases the "house branded" unit may be warranted by the
retailer and not the manufacturer. They may well be the same unit, but
wholesale for less because the manufacturer doesn't have the warrantee
overhead.

Pete C.