On Sun, 22 Jul 2001 17:23:52 -0700, Bruce Dayton wrote:
>One thing to keep in mind here is back when things were made with such high
>quality, the cost of labor versus materials was different. Labor was quite
>cheap and materials were more expensive. The opposite is true now. I
>recall in the computer industry when a floppy disk drive cost $150 dollars
>and labor rates to repair and align heads was $25/hours. Now a new drive
>costs $10 and labor is $100/hr. That type of problem drives us towards a
>throw away mentality. The cost of disposal hasn't been noticed yet. I
>believe that corporations are looking mostly at cost and competition when
>they build and design products.
I agree. I just think it's sad....
Later,
Gary
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