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| Sal Ammoniac:
--- Quote from: pope on December 15, 2021, 01:04:32 am --- --- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on December 15, 2021, 12:03:35 am --- --- Quote from: pope on December 11, 2021, 08:37:52 pm ---That's a different scenario. Usually, "Recall = dangerous". Companies will do anything and at all costs to replace recalled parts in order to avoid further troubles (i.e lawsuits). --- End quote --- Not necessarily. They probably do an economic analysis that goes something like this: "If we recall those 2 million cars it'll cost us $200 million. If we pay off the families of the 50 fatalities caused by the fault it'll only cost us $50 million. Right, let's go with option 2!" --- End quote --- Would you buy a car from a company that one of their models caused 50 fatalities because they chose not to recall some part(s)? Also, is it even legal for the company not to do so? Doesn't sound like an option for the company to me. --- End quote --- Have you ever heard of the Ford Pinto? What I described above is exactly what Ford did. You can read the story here: https://www.autosafety.org/ford-pinto-fuel-tank/ There are other, similar, cases that are perhaps not as egregious as Pinto scandal, but fit the same mold, such as the GM ignition switch scandal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_ignition_switch_recalls Perhaps these kinds of things don't happen in Germany, but they certainly happen here. |
| m k:
BTW, here online sales are home sales, no returns are no good. |
| rsjsouza:
--- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on December 15, 2021, 02:34:36 am ---Perhaps these kinds of things don't happen in Germany, but they certainly happen here. --- End quote --- My suspicion is that they do, but most companies wouldn't admit it. Joeqsmith saw a flaw on Gossen's DMMs where they were highly susceptible to magnetic fields, but they never gave him the time of the day. Roll a few months and someone reported they implemented exactly what Joe had suggested in his video. Pride is strong in certain companies. |
| madires:
Lovely! Another candidate for the do-not-buy list. |
| george.b:
Meanwhile, I got this e-mail from them. So now they're a company that probably wouldn't want anything to do with someone like Woz or a garage outfit like Apple if it happened today, and yet they're here extolling those early days. Again, it's all kinda schizophrenic if you ask me. |
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