In germany there is a saying "Wo ein Trog ist kommen die Schweine." which roughly translates to "Where there is a trough the pigs will come." At the moment we

In germany there is a saying "Wo ein Trog ist kommen die Schweine." which roughly translates to "Where there is a trough the pigs will come." At the moment we see an epidemic of former german companies with great tradition getting bought up and their products lowered to the lowest acceptable quality with the prizing staying the same. The worst part about this all is that identifying a quality product is nearly impossible now. Even if they score good test results the component quality usually gets lowered after half a year it's insanity. There just is no middle ground anymore I can buy from big corps and mostly know the product and service is either great or at least ok or go to small shops that are really expensive.