WTF So I just dick'd my butt

[adi]

There is a fix and it's called passing the cost back to the consumer. People sometimes just have to get used to the fact that something they always paid $2 for now costs $4. That is why there has been such a shift of goods the past 10 years. Places like China and India that used to be super cheap have come up. Now they have labor laws and require higher wages. So the companies moved items from there to other Asian places and Mexico. Some reached the breaking point that with tax breaks it was easier to just move back to the US. The overall fix is really just a reality check that the item you were alwy

which means no improvement in quality yet higher mrp's, not a good scene
all burden seems to shift to the consumer with v little or no added benefits

 

[Floptical]

which means no improvement in quality yet higher mrp's, not a good scene
all burden seems to shift to the consumer with v little or no added benefits

That's usually the case in business. There's no need to focus on quality when you can make a sub-par product and people continue to buy it.

 

[Darth Handsome]

Speaking as someone who has owned both, and commuted in both, I'll take the Datsun's build quality, reliability, and performance 10 times out of 8 when choosing between it and the USS Malaisey Dayz land yacht.

so....you just skip breakfast?

 

[adi]

For most major companies the upper salaries is just a drop in the bucket to overall revenue. Especially when it's a publicly traded company. Cutting them would not have much of an impact if any to the cost of goods.

youd be surprised
i did use to be a ca and have audited salary and income from internal investments of director types

 

[Floptical]

youd be surprised
i did use to be a ca and have audited salary and income from internal investments of director types

In the US most Executive level compensation comes in the form of equity or profit sharing not salary.

 

[adi]

That's usually the case in business. There's no need to focus on quality when you can make a sub-par product and people continue to buy it.

these are only temporary solutions, they will create economic problems bigger than the ones they are trying to solve

 

[adi]

In the US most Executive level compensation comes in the form of equity or profit sharing not salary.

which is what i meant by the latter bit of my post

 

[adi]

fact is companies have been forced to pay for really useless stuff like lawyers and marketing departments basically stuff without any actual value and that is why the general quality is going to shit

 

[HipHugHer]

We have plastic molding companies here that could make fly's dildos but they're busy making window washer tanks and things for the Toyota plant in San Antonio.

 

[adi]

..apart from the absurd chunks taken by the top level people

 

[Strings]

This thread became the UF version of Schoolhouse Rock! today.

 

[Jehannum]

so....you just skip breakfast?

lolwut

 

[Darth Handsome]

lolwut

https://uselessforums.com/threads/so-i-just-dickd-my-butt.14004/post-1737114

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Oh, it was shit alright.

Anything from '74-'92 was squarely malaise.

Fuck yeah, truck's a '93

 

[nukes]

Before I met the unimatable Mrs Nukes© I lived with a Fat Italian® lady 10 years my senior.
Volatile relationship. Moved out many times. SRO living- shared bath, shared kitchen.
I was very happy. Had my guitars and basses and amps. We don't need endless crap and space to be happy.
In fact I'd argue that we were happier when we had less stuff and space and more generations of family living under the same roof.

 

[nukes]

Geezer Life™

 

[HipHugHer]

Tutti a tavola a mangiare!

 

[nukes]

Tutti a tavola a mangiare!

She was unbelievable. Lost 50 lbs and went platinum blonde when we broke up.
Said she hated motorcycles but started chasing pledges at the local outlaw club.
#straightpipes

 

[Strings]

She was unbelievable. Lost 50 lbs and went platinum blonde when we broke up.
Said she hated motorcycles but started chasing pledges at the local outlaw club.
#straightpipes

You change people.

 

[nukes]

You change people.

I never considered this.