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We are Capable of Producing Quality, Why do so Many Companies Refuse to do so?

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Real Estate Agent with Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified #1 in Forest Land Mgmt

We are Capable of Producing Quality, Why do so Many Companies Refuse to do so?old camp chair

I was sitting in camp a few days ago doing some office work and a few camp chores when I chanced to reflect on my oldest lawn chair.

I bought this lawn chair decades ago when this style of chair first came out and amazingly it is still doing the job, still comfortable, and impressing me with it’s longevity.

We buy several of this style of chair every year knowing that most will not last more than a few months, why they wear out so quickly I am not sure.

Why start out with an excellent chair and then proceed to improve on this by making a steadily crappier chair with each new model?

Maybe I should start sending this photo to the chair companies so that they can remember what it was like to produce a good one.

It kind of reminds me of my phone, an “AT&T crappy as we can get” style phone which seems to be determined to unimpress me at every turn.

Why did AT&T buy out my old phone company, probably the best in the land (Alltel) and then proceed to tear it down rather than use the great resources and technology that Alltel had produced?

We can produce Quality in America, why the refusal to do so?

Comments(5)

Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

Good morning Bob,

And it seems we are on our derriere at the most inopportune times!

Planned obsolescence!

Make yourself a great day.

Oct 12, 2015 01:48 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Maximizing profit by using cheaper materials is what I'm guessing is happening with that manufacturer of that chair over the years.  What a shame.

Oct 12, 2015 09:34 AM
Sally Crane
WMS - Unity, WI
Woodland appraisal support.

Hi Bob, I believe it's probably job security - because they will always need to fix, problem solve, and update.  As long as everyone in that business strives for mediocrity - they all will be employed for years to come.

Oct 12, 2015 10:45 AM
Joe Petrowsky
Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT
Your Mortgage Consultant for Life

Good morning Bob. This is one of those, why ask why. If we listen to the Donald, he's going to being jobs and manufacturing back to the USA. Not an easy task for sure.

Oct 12, 2015 07:07 PM
Nicholas Crane
Woodland Companies - Cadott, WI
Managing & Appraising Forest Land

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Apr 01, 2020 11:48 PM