Is it that the quality of the products has gone down, or that we expect more
from what we buy. or is that we expect a lot more from the products we do
buy then we are actually paying for.

I would not trade my new vehicle for my first car. It was a lot of fun but
the amount of work required to keep it running was substantially more than
what I have now.

I think the same thing can be applied to most goods. Most consumer goods
are much higher quality then they were 20 years ago, but the high end stuff
seems to have dropped off a bit, probably because for most people they do
not need the high end stuff and are unwilling to pay for it. years ago, if
you wanted something reliable you had to pay top dollar. Now you can get
stuff that is very serviceable for a lot less, and while it may not be quite
up to the standards of top notch stuff of a while back, it also costs much
less.

"brocpuffs" wrote in message
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Hi fellas,

I am "in" the rec.guns NG and a new topic has emerged, one we all
know.

To wit: the poor quality of new stuff, fresh from the manufacturer or
whoever makes it for the manufacturer (which helps absolve the
manufacturer from having to do repairs on shoddy stuff)
.
I think we have more of that problem in woodworking, but it exists in
other universes too :-)

James