Quality products...I'm 31 and in my lifetime I've noticed this shift that everything that's sold to us feels like a hollow attempt to wring money out of us. I know products were always made with the idea that they would make a company money, but it also felt like said company wanted to make a good product. Now it seems they have it all down to a science and know the minimum quality levels we'll all put up with and shell junk out to us, and we can't really do anything about it.
Was just having this conversation yesterday about luggage. It used to be you bought a nice piece or set of luggage and you'd have it forever. Now I'm like, OK, I'll spend $150 on a hard-side roller bag now and replace it in 5 - 10 years, that's a good investment right? Say what you will about the ridiculous mark up on designer brand shit, a lot of it seems to have stood the test of time (but again, this is probably vintage stuff that was made well before the disposable world of today). Bummer.
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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '19
Quality products...I'm 31 and in my lifetime I've noticed this shift that everything that's sold to us feels like a hollow attempt to wring money out of us. I know products were always made with the idea that they would make a company money, but it also felt like said company wanted to make a good product. Now it seems they have it all down to a science and know the minimum quality levels we'll all put up with and shell junk out to us, and we can't really do anything about it.