Flop said:On a sidenote, I find it funny that shitty vodka, such as absolute and Smirnoff, is more expensive than stolichnaya (in Denmark at least). This is purely because of marketing, and I'm sure that most people will agree that stolichnaya is a superior vodka.
Indeed. I haven't tried Stolichnaya, though Absolut and Smirnoff are not good vodkas. Anyway, I've never seen any advertisments/commercials of any sort when it comes to my favourite pilsners, I've just had them and constated that I find their taste to be superior. I don't care much about what they cost or how 'fancy' the label is. Not that i'm rich - i'm merely a student living on loans and scholarship. Though if I'm contemplating to buy something such as a beverage to temporarily enhance my wellbeing, I want either a proper ale or no ale at all. The times when I choose to buy no ale at all, I'll have my money left for next time. A little of the good stuff is much better than a large quanity of cheap stuff lacking the quality I desire.
c0ldst33ltrs4u said:I don't mean to nitpick but people buy a RR only to affirm their social and financial status, same thing for say a Rolex.
Yer, so the RR was a bad example, but my point remains that all expensive stuff is not expensive just because you get it in a fancy packing.
c0ldst33ltrs4u said:Question is: what do you want to be seen drinking: a cheap beer or an expensive one? Think of what that says about your status.
I mostly drink alone, so I don't really care if someone see's what brand of ale I'm drinking - I just like good pilsner. If you see no difference between cheap ale and fine ale, I'm happy for you. It would be great if my taste was made so that I liked the 1€ beer (cheapest there is, as I said) above the more expensive ones, but it isn't.
c0ldst33ltrs4u said:Cheap does not always mean poor quality just as expensive does not mean quality.
Of course it's not always like that, but it's certainly not like 'cheap' automatically equals better.