On 6 Feb 2006 18:08:10 -0800, "Switch" >
wrote:

>Generic sux

A pharmacist once told me that "generic" means the pill that you are
buying is precisely and exactly the same chemical formulation as the
name brand pill.

On the other hand, if you are in the grocery store and you select the
"housebrand" as an equal to a "namebrand" product you may be
disappointed. There is no assumption that the housebrand dish
detergent is formulated the same as the namebrand and they can "water
down" the house brand to make more profits!

I bet alot of you careful shoppers have noticed the "tricks" the
manufacturers are playing with sizes of packages and so forth! You
have to be careful...it's dangerous to your pocketbook!

Bill