companies made quality products and made sure they had no flaws? We spend so much time fighting with our contrary machines that don't do what they're supposed to half the time, and often waste our money on replacements and/or repairs, I wonder if that's really holding us back by decades?
2006-07-16 16:05:46 · 7 answers · asked by rebekkah hot as the sun 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
What I meant by having no flaws is repairing the flaws when they are identified and not using the cheapest material regardless of danger or just a rip-off.
2006-07-16 16:11:38 · update #1
Don't know, better question might be
How advanced would our society be if the Roman Empire never fell?
2006-07-16 16:14:23 · answer #1 · answered by CLBH 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ah, a Science Fiction question!
Well, first we gotta stop making them in China or teach the Chinese how to make better materails!
We did it once, but you see planned obsolecnes works better for business because of PROFITABLILTY.
As an example. My FIRST credit purchase at age 21 was a GE Refrigerator. It lasted me 26 years and five moves before giving out!
It was made in America.
I wrote them and thanked them and they were actually proud and posted my letter for the workers who were still making them.
Maybe GE is still making good things like this!
However GE only made $150 on me in 26 years!
See, planned obsolence would make them more money more often!
Cars used to be built well. Everyone with a 1951 Ford Truck or a 1957 Chevy knows that!
Even a 1965 Malibu was built well!
Then came Japense cars with Aluminum block engines and they didn't last much more than 4 - 10 years.
How many 1971 Toyotas or Honda are on the road today?
How many 1965 VW's are on the road today! Lots!
VW made a good car!
With computer chips Cars became better in the 1990's because it could regulate things like tempature and fule mixes to minute levels. Thus they started expanding warranties from 12 months 12,000 miles to 6 or 10 years and 100,000 miles.
However a Holly 4 Barrel Carburator still only costs $250 while a modern fuel injection system and computer assembly can cost $750 to $1,000 to replace.
My 1969 Minolta SRT 101 camera still works just fine! It cost me $165
My 2002 Panasonic Lumix stopped working after 18 months. It cost me $250.
My Bolex 16 Refelex comes from the year 1962 and it cost me $500 and it still works great!
I don't know how much longer my 2002 Canon Z40 DV-C camcorder will still work and it cost me $500.
My Minolta and Bolex are both made of metal, aluminum and steel. My Panasonic and Canon are both made of plastic.
Companies no longer have quality control! YOU are quality control!
I sell memory chips and one out of every 20 fails to work out of the package, but they make millions of these a year!
2006-07-16 16:21:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's quality vs. price... If you make high quality products you need to use expensive materials, etc. and it would cost you more.
But these days all people are looking for is cheap price - that's why there are almost no high quality products, but a lot of cheap stuff. If you'd produce high quality products you'd go out of business fast because nobody would buy them.
2006-07-16 16:13:31 · answer #3 · answered by mmd_774 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes flaws bring progress-in the search for finding a better solution
2006-07-16 16:16:34 · answer #4 · answered by astronwritingthinkingprayingrnns 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah, flaws are how we advance, identifying a flaw is how we determine where to improve.
2006-07-16 16:09:22 · answer #5 · answered by profit0004 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our society would be more advanced if we could get past the whole dependency on religion.
2006-07-16 16:07:44 · answer #6 · answered by yogazen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How advanced would it be if we knew how to use things correctly
most of the time?
2006-07-16 16:16:11 · answer #7 · answered by rusty math 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋