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Quality
Posted On 02/27/2013 13:03:11

It doesn't seem to matter what you buy these days, everything just seems to be of lesser quality. Or, could this just be my imagination? Off course, we all know that everything has gone up in price. That's pretty much a "no brainer". Does that mean, however, that we're paying more for lesser quality?


Take for example the New Balance shoes I just purchased. They were normally priced at way over $100. Not cheap. However, I've had a pair which I've worn to death. They fit great and lasted. So I thought, what the hey. Lucky for me they were on sale. What's more I got free shipping. They arrived. They fit. They're a cute color for working out. That's where the comparison ends however. Everything about them has changed. The materials used, the lack of a supporting inner sole etc. Pretty much everything. Had I paid full price for them, they would certainly have been sent back.


Then there was the pair of very expensive pearl earrings my hubby bought me for Christmas. I just loved them. As they were the leverback type, I didn't wear them on a daily basis. All in all I wore them about 6 times. At first I noticed that the leverback on the one side just wasn't closing right. Next thing that happened was that one of the earrings totally fell apart.


If you buy something from a vendor through Amazon, there used to be a disclaimer that they would not take back jewelry items (I just noticed that disclaimer has gone). Anyway, I called Amazon as the dealer did not have any type of communication information listed. No problem. Send them back. We'll even e-mail you the pre-paid label. Done. Next thing I get is an e-mail that they've received the "damaged" item and have charged a $50 restocking fee. What? Are they going to resell this broken earring? Called them again. Like I have nothing better to do. Hey, if this was a $20 pair of earrings I probably wouldn't have bothered, but it wasn't. This time I had to go through someone in the Philippines who I couldn't understand. I demanded someone in the USA who I eventually was transferred to. They refunded the restocking fee as it should never have been on there in the first place. But you see what I mean? Everything, just everything is of such bad quality. Are we back to (remember) the "Made in Japan" of the old days?


I also had a look at my Clarks shoes. These were always great quality. In fact you couldn't wear them out if your tried. They were also always made in England. Well, guess what? They can be made anywhere. China, El Salvador, Thailand..... The list goes on. So it seems to me that big companies are all sending their stuff overseas to be made in sweat shops. The prices go up, cause after all we know that we're in a recession and that gives these big companies the right to charge. Yeah right! The quality goes down. Cheaper materials and badly constructed but still carrying that expensive label. Wonder where all of this will end. Has anyone else noticed this? Or am I the only one?





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