Thread: makita power tools....... are they green? or blue?

Traditional Makita tools are considered to be blue, but they do have a new
'budget' range of tools coming through which started with a green drill, and now includes a green circular saw.

Old adage rings true here, you get what you pay for. A cheap Makita tool is no better than than any other cheap tool.

Originally Posted by Greywolf

Old adage rings true here, you get what you pay for. A cheap Makita tool is no better than than any other cheap tool.

yeah sure - so if ozito put out a $129 180mm saw, and it ended up been a ???? product, how much reputation have they lost? If makita do it, how much reputation do THEY lose?

2 fundamental rules of marketing - protect a high reputation high quality brand at all costs (ie never price compete), and consumers believe price reflects quality, so will pay a higher price for anything that looks like its quality (keep in mind rule 1 though)

So high promotion gives higher prices for same quality goods.

By and large the old adage of 'you get what you pay for', is a marketers dream - see what tools cost in the US to see how much we are ripped off here!