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Re: Bombardier to Supply 300 New (R-179) Subway Cars for NYC Transit --- P.R. |
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Posted by RailBus63 on Tue Jun 5 21:11:44 2012, in response to Re: Bombardier to Supply 300 New (R-179) Subway Cars for NYC Transit --- P.R., posted by J trainloco on Tue Jun 5 18:11:51 2012. US manufacturing standards are generally more highly regarded than manufacturing in many foreign countries. The 'standard of excellence demanded by the consumer' which you refer to is generally non-existant: manufacturing is leaving this country because most American consumers are primarily concerned with one thing: price. Cheap foreign goods have become more popular than higher quality domestic goods.The 'problem', IMO, is not so much that consumers (both individuals and large entities like the MTA) purchase only based on price and settle for 'cheap foreign goods', but that many of those goods are of relatively high quality themselves these days. As an example, I purchased my first new Nikon SLR in 1982 at a price of approximately $230. With inflation, that amount was equivalent to $504 in 2009 when I purchased a Nikon D40 digital SLR camera for not much more. Now my 1982 film Nikon helped me take some great photos over the years, but its capabilities pale compared to what I can do with the DSLR. I can make a similar comparison between the first TV set I bought in 1985 and the flatscreen set I now own. |
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