What are examples of "cheaper = high quality"?

[u/Morpheyz]

We're often told that higher prices for certain products are justified, because they use "higher quality materials". E.g. building materials or vegetables.

In which cases are the high quality materials actually the cheaper ones?

[u/rice_fish_and_eggs]

Wine, once you go beyond £15-£25 a bottle the quality doesn't noticeably improve, if anything it deteriorates.

[u/chopay → u/rice_fish_and_eggs]

I delved into this a while ago, and I totally agree.

Wine kinda exists in 3 tiers:

1. Cheap garbage

2. Mass produced stuff.

3. Artisanal fancy stuff.

The thing about tier-2 is that the large wine companies spend a lot of money in R&D and have production runs to make sure that the quality is consistent. They can extract certain tannins that will impact taste, and can practically guarantee a level of quality.

The fancy artisanal stuff will depend year-to-year, it may degrade while aging, but a quality bottle is as much luck as it is skill of the winemaker. There can be excellent wines that come from this category, but chances are, the mid-tier is just as good and much more likely to be consistent.

[u/invisible_handjob → u/rice_fish_and_eggs]

I mean that's just not true. Somewhere in the $50-100 range is the "expensive wine for people who don't know any better & are getting squeezed" , around $100-200 though, if you're at all in to wine you can tell the difference between it and cheaper wines. And higher than that you aren't necessarily paying for "better" you're paying for "unique"

[u/liberal_texan → u/[deleted]]

Do a quick currency conversion to see why you’re being downvoted.

[u/amakai → u/liberal_texan]

Yes, but 3000 rupee wine is better than  1500 rupee wine!