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Posted by rlw (A) on February 25, 2013 at 09:03:35

In Reply to: RE: and that's misdirected blame posted by Joe Murphy Jr on February 17, 2013 at 09:23:45

They are doing it in droves because of a lack of foresight. Why spend a bit more money for a well-built, long-lasting unit when BestBuy and WalMart will sell you some mass-produced Chinese products that give up the ghost after 1 or 2 years service?

American culture is built around this disposable products paradigm. As an example: A friend of mine's wife works for (Ja)Panasonic and is their top salesman for the entire East coast. She informed us one day that Panasonic has 500 year plan for the company. 500 years!! Contrast that with the typical American company that plans no further than 5 years into the future. And ALL of those American companies are slaves to the sales figure generated in the last 1-2 quarters.

This is a very basic difference in corporate culture and one that engenders the disposable products mindset of virtually all American consumers...
-RW-