Originally Posted by
Antarius
True, but that assumes there is a marked difference in the quality/variety of the commodity as there is between Walmart and Whole Foods. When we compare shell, Chevron, Exxon - there may be subtle differences, but they aren't as stark as the aforementioned food example.
Anyways, this is a debate about a point that was a tangent to the topic on hand.
There is no difference in the food, especially produce, meat, and dairy. In fact, they often come the exact same distributors and trucks. Packaged products, sure. Apples, oranges, bananas, milk, etc. Nope, it's the same. Hence being commodity.
The example is not tangent, the discussion turned to why people chose to go with one company versus another that offers an identical product. We all have our own personal reasons to make the choices that we do.
It's a tradeoff.