# Hobbyist insistence on tailored products? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 21, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbyist-insistence-on-tailored-products/921153 "2020-09-21T16:20:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 34
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbyist-insistence-on-tailored-products/921153/34 "2020-09-22T13:47:50Z")
[This thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-a-pink-tax/921230) about a “Pink Tax” mentions several examples like a Gilette-brand razor blade costing however much money, alongside the exact same razor blades with the _packaging_ tailored sold as “women’s razors” for more money. That is back to scammy underhanded marketing of products that are advertised as tailored for a specific application, but really aren’t. Some of the bicycle oils, baby oils, etc., surely fall into that category, whereas high-quality tailored products for certain applications do exist, proving there is no substitute for knowledge and experience. But perhaps people are willing to pay a premium for reassurance in many cases. For example, a product labelled “baby powder” is presumably safe to use on a baby and contains no asbestos, whereas a plastic tub full of powdered talc that you picked up who knows where may not be., --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbyist-insistence-on-tailored-products/921153)._