[Jukebox-list] Cheap juke buyers (Was: trade-in for a 200 select?)

[Juke of Shrewsbury]

Steve - You hit the nail on the head there! The constant drive for low price 
is making quality in all walks of life unaffordable. Think about it - if the 
market were (say) 50% budget and 50% quality then manufacturers would 
produce both products efficiently  and consumers would have the choice of 
paying a "small" premium for the quality or not. But if the majority of 
consumers start buying only the budget product, the economies of scale for 
producing the quality product are lost and the premium becomes bigger.... so 
even more people now buy the budget product and the quality product 
disappears (or becomes ridiculously priced). This is happening / has 
happened, it's why I gave up my day job in product management to concentrate 
on old jukes that were made in the days when quality DID count!

Sorry if this was a bit of a rant (or a winge or whine), but I do feel very 
sad about the loss of quality in modern products.

Adrian.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Wahl" <steve at pro-ns.net>
To: "Jukebox mailing list" <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Cheap juke buyers (Was: trade-in for a 200 
select?)


> On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 01:21:08PM -0400, Wesley Dean wrote:
>>    I never either winge or whine. I made my own bed and must lie in it. 
>> Wes
>
> Touche, Wes!
>
> To be complete, I should say that the lion's share of my whining goes
> toward the way stuff is no longer made to be repariable, and now seems
> to be getting less reliable every year.  (And I'm sure I'm partially
> at fault for falling in line with the "lowest price is the only thing
> that matters" generation of consumers.)
>
> --> Steve
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