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Re: It's not just cars ...
Posted by CFishgo (more from CFishgo) on Fri, 29 Apr 2005 09:29:13
In Reply to: It's not just cars ..., Urby, Fri, 29 Apr 2005 06:46:12
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Same goes for pretty much any consumer good. Quality of finishes and designs are increasing, but once you get past the eye candy, it’s horrible; just like about anything else.
I blame the ignorant consumer market out there. If you make it pretty, they will buy it. The folks making “stuff” know that the internals are where their cost really are, and will see higher returns if they just spend the dough on the exterior. They also know that most won’t utilize their warranty, so they go ahead and use the cheap stuff inside knowing they won’t get enough returns to cut too deeply into their huge profit margin. The other side affect is that the good products are driven out of the market because they need to add quality everywhere, not just the exterior shell, so they can’t hit the pricepoint and sales drop like a rock...
Blame the consumers for accepting garbage. Then when it breaks, they go buy more garbage..... There is very little incentive to build in quality....
posted by 66.166.132...
Posts in this Thread:
- The death of quality (long), Noel, Fri, 29 Apr 2005 06:06:48
- Just the opposite...., Mike Lynch
, Sat, 30 Apr 2005 16:59:00 - Re: The death of quality (long), Bill in VA, Sat, 30 Apr 2005 11:48:52
- Re: and long live fashion... (well sort of), t_mokes, Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:24:14
- thanks go to the "Wal-mart" mentality..., bamaSAAB, Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:57:06
- Re: The death of quality (long), hazelnut, Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:43:44
- It's not just cars ..., Urby, Fri, 29 Apr 2005 06:46:12
- Re: The death of quality (long), plano saab, Fri, 29 Apr 2005 06:21:55
- Well, OK...but I think it is INITIAL quality, Noel, Fri, 29 Apr 2005 15:11:12
- I think initial quality is up, long term quality down, Wes, Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:12:09
- I'll have to agree with you, J, Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:23:48
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