In today's society, (the hyper-sexual, capitalist, do-or-die, get mine before you get yours society that is) your name is everything. be it dior, versace, gucci, mcdonalds, wendy's, carl's jr., starbucks, peet's, coffe bean, even the more specialized leviton, hubbell, lutron, Pass & Seymore, Thats right, brand names are taking over and damned if you dont have an i-pad, or PS3.
The worst part about it is that no one can see the forrest for the trees when it comes to quality manufacturing. A little detective work will lead you to find out that leviton and hubbell have manufacturing facilities overseas... So if im Buying a product that was made in China, and instead of having the words "made in china" i get the words "Pass & Seymore", Im basically paying a higher price for them to imprint different letters.
Why must we succumb to all this mass marketing. Why do we link quality with a name. In the world of business it makes sense to make a product as efficiently as possible and sometimes that means cheap.
Why not cut out the middle man instead! Chinese electrical supply manufacturers are making more and more connections with mid scale businesses. and you can find manufacturers for all types of products.
Take advantage of oversea business by contacting smaller companies like; Big Deal Electric in santa Ana, California. They find the most inexpensive distributer usually one that is local (to waive any shipping) so you can recieve the best price.
for instance a leviton manual on occupancy sensor will cost you $15.57 w/o shipping!
at Big Deal Electric they sell the same type of motion sensor... for only $10.00!
USPS flat rate shipping is only 6.00 so i get the same switch for much less.
Every one of their products will beat or match the "leading" Brand name.
So do yourself a favor and research local electric suppliers like Big Deal Electric.
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