Ceramics: What does 'price' get you?

[puntloos]

Looking at some fancy tiles online: 

http://www.bellacasaceramica.com/gallery/priorato/ are twice the price of https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Maine-Oak-Wood-Effect-Porcelain-Wall+Floor-Tile---225-x-900mm/p/236074 (per sqm)

What do you get for the extra price? Are we paying for "fancy brand" or very specific colors, or are there other differences? The fancier ones are slightly thicker (11.3 vs 8.5) so at best 25% more material. Is thicker even better? 

 

 

[nod]

The oak style porcelain planks are priced according to the print 

Most of the better quality planks are laser cut 

Italian

Spanish

Turkish and Portuguese 

Forget the rest 

 

Wickes sometimes get good tiles in 

But make sure you get enough as they are usually limited stock 

[Bonner]

I would add dimensional consistency. Got some samples of Turkish tiles and a few are bowed 2-3mm (they are 800x800 porcelain). Don’t know if this is in tolerance or could cause problems fitting, @nod? I understand it can be worse with planks due to the length and staggered joints ...

[nod]

7 hours ago, Bonner said:

I would add dimensional consistency. Got some samples of Turkish tiles and a few are bowed 2-3mm (they are 800x800 porcelain). Don’t know if this is in tolerance or could cause problems fitting, @nod? I understand it can be worse with planks due to the length and staggered joints ...

It doesn’t matter to much on the large format tiles 

But planks are very difficult to lay if they are not flat