Carey, if manufacturers make crappy gear and people buy it, then they get what they deserve. If buyers discriminate better and fork out the bucks for better gear, then those who make better gear will prosper. That's a market-based response: one where we can vote with our bucks to avoid that which sucks. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carey Parks" <cparks_at_fuse.net> > So, when the only metric that "matters" is money, where does the focus > go? What drives the decisions? Safety? Quality? Style? Only if it makes > money. And if you make money, someone making more money is going to want > yours. Not because they need it, because they want to improve their > score, and the score is kept by ? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jul 23 2004 - 07:12:28 PDT
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