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BWdem4life

(3,091 posts) Mon Sep 12, 2022, 09:35 PM Sep 2022

Made in Taiwan ... Repaired in U.S.

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Made in Taiwan ... Repaired in U.S. (Original Post) BWdem4life Sep 2022 OP

Back 20 years ago or so.... OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #1

Alas! Because the bean counters figured that that 70 cents was a significant cost in the manufacturi keithbvadu2 Sep 2022 #2

Short term profit (extra $.70 per unit!) OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #3

Its even worse today... Historic NY Sep 2022 #4

good job democratic2021 Oct 2022 #5

OAITW r.2.0

(32,617 posts)

1. Back 20 years ago or so....

Reply to BWdem4life (Original post)

Mon Sep 12, 2022, 09:47 PM

Sep 2022

I had an entrance door with rack adjustments. Brass screws into wood. Over time, adustments failed. So I bored our the holes and put brass threaded inserts in the door and never had a problem with adjusting the rack after that. Cost $.70 total. Why didn't Anderson put this in, in the 1st place?

keithbvadu2

(40,915 posts)

2. Alas! Because the bean counters figured that that 70 cents was a significant cost in the manufacturi

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 12, 2022, 10:50 PM

Sep 2022

Alas! Because the bean counters figured that that 70 cents was a significant cost in the manufacturing process, affecting the selling price.

Like Ford figured that lawsuits for dead people were cheaper than fixing a Pinto gas tank design problem.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,617 posts)

3. Short term profit (extra $.70 per unit!)

Reply to keithbvadu2 (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 12, 2022, 11:16 PM

Sep 2022

The door cost, I think $3000.00 when it was installed in 2000. Like I wouldn't have paid that extra $.70 to not have to do what I ended up doing.....

Historic NY

(40,135 posts)

4. Its even worse today...

Reply to BWdem4life (Original post)

Tue Sep 13, 2022, 08:47 AM

Sep 2022

I miss the days of real hardware stores that knew what a watch a ma call it was. I was repairing a late 19th century table the was wobbly mostly from the glue drying out but also the economy of brass screws. Today we have some assembly required designed to fail products.

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democratic2021

(14 posts)

5. good job

Reply to BWdem4life (Original post)

Sat Oct 15, 2022, 05:43 AM

Oct 2022

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