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>> some devices aren't available in a quality we used to have available in mainstream This unfortunate reality extends to pretty much all products. Manufacturi
by developer2 10y ago
>> some devices aren't available in a quality we used to have available in mainstream
This unfortunate reality extends to pretty much all products. Manufacturing is nothing like it was 20 years ago; quality is down across the board. Products used to be well made, but are now mass produced using the cheapest materials possible.
Go buy a Scrabble board. The unfolded board won't lay perfectly flat on the table because the two halves are not heavy enough to fully bend down the crease in the middle. The tiles are made of flimsy particle board instead of real wood. The letters wear off too because they are printed on rather than etched. Compare it to a board made in the 70s or 80s. The difference between them isn't just large, it's disgustingly atrocious. Same for a Cribbage board (cheap wood, plastic sliding door that falls out instead of metal that grinds into the board), a Battleship set (the one I bought for my nephew, the panels that hold the pegs don't snap in properly and fall off). Things used to be quality made; now they're done at the lowest possible quality because people will buy it regardless.
- forgetsusername 10y ago>Compare it to a board made in the 70s or 80s. I can buy Scrabble for $20, rather than $40 in 1985 money.
- developer2 10y agoPlease let me pay $40, or $100, for something that will last a lifetime. That 70s-80s board my mother has is still in near pristine condition, and it has been used a hell of lot over 30 years. My friend owns one that is a couple of years old, rarely gets used, and yet some of the letters are nearly illegible; more than a few of the point values have rubbed away. The board is cheap, the tiles are junk, and the racks move every time you touch them (rather than sitting firmly on the table from the weight of real wood). Throwing quality out the window for the sake of racing to rock bottom pricing? No thanks.
- russgray 10y agohttp://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006VCSL0W/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1463308782&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=scrabble+prestige&dpPl=1&dpID=51yluv-OX4L&ref=plSrch http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006VCSL0W/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=...
- Theodores 10y agoWith many games the copyright comes to an end and, when that happens, one company no longer has the entire market for that game. Consequently anyone else can make the game, to undercut the original price competitively. This happened about a decade ago with 'Connect 4', originally a premium product by MB games, nowadays anyone can make it but they have to call it 'Four in a Row' or something like that. Needless to say the clones and the updated 'Connect 4' are rubbish compared to the 1980's vintage version. I don't know what the copyright situation is with Scrabble, however, there's bound to be some reasons like what has gone on with 'Connect 4' meaning the product is degraded.