TimothyB
06-08-2004, 12:17 PM
There is a TREMENDOUS shift to planned obsolescence in just about everything. 'Modern' usually means 'lasts 10 years if youre lucky'. I am constantly shaking my head when I am visited upon by the spectres of bad quality, posing as GOOD quality (Sure, its good compared to AWFUL, but not compared to actually GOOD quality stuff). When I tell people I have a 180 year old house (for example) they react as if it were a bad thing, but I tell em "No, actually her framework is oak, and is as solid as the day she was built. Just a little floor work needs to be done." Tell me THAT will be true of a new stud framed house.
A thread here about sanders was complaining about this very thing, that companies feel they won't make as much money selling quality as they will quantity, so that outsource everything to Someone Else(tm). Someone Else then makes the design with junky parts and ships.
To quote, as heard by a professional marine surveyor at a very large boat show, being said by one manufacturer's VP to another:
" Oh come on, NOBODY wants to actually sail around on these things. They are just weekend party boats that they like to dream they'll sail around the world. If people actually take them out into the big blue, thats what insurance is for. "
So, there's yet another reason to build rather than buy. Or if you buy, buy wood, steel or aluminum because then a surveyor has a chance of giving you a 100% good survey.
--T
A thread here about sanders was complaining about this very thing, that companies feel they won't make as much money selling quality as they will quantity, so that outsource everything to Someone Else(tm). Someone Else then makes the design with junky parts and ships.
To quote, as heard by a professional marine surveyor at a very large boat show, being said by one manufacturer's VP to another:
" Oh come on, NOBODY wants to actually sail around on these things. They are just weekend party boats that they like to dream they'll sail around the world. If people actually take them out into the big blue, thats what insurance is for. "
So, there's yet another reason to build rather than buy. Or if you buy, buy wood, steel or aluminum because then a surveyor has a chance of giving you a 100% good survey.
--T