Whatever happened to Japanese quality?

Yawn. Rubber coverings wear, and so do the windshield wipers on my car. And you're bitching because you need a shutter service after 1/4 million actuations? Sheesh! It's a mechanical device!! Your expectations are absurd.

You are aware that this thread is from 2011?

Pointless to start with and even more pointless 7 or 8 years later.

"No wonder this circuit failed-it says 'Made in Japan.'"

 

"What are you talking about-all the best stuff's made in Japan"

Pointless to start with and even more pointless 7 or 8 years later.

Since when do quality issues have an expiration date ;)

Since when do quality issues have an expiration date

 

Conditions of production change. Management methods change. "Selection" by the buyers over time reflects issues of quality too.

 

So the "quality issues" (which here seem to be based on stereotypes of racial and national character and some anecdotal stories) had a limited time span for validity if they ever had any validity at all.:p

You make my point exactly. Things change, as do our expectations. That's what keeps the topic timely.

 

I disagree with your assignation of "racism." That term has evolved to encompass every idea with which we disagree.

That term has evolved to encompass every idea with which we disagree.

It is now simply the thoughtless reactionary reflex of the day.

That term has evolved to encompass every idea with which we disagree.

No! That term means what it always has, “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.”

 

JDM talked about stereotyping, not about prejudice, discrimination, antagonism, or inferiority, so I’m not sure why the term “racism” is being brought up, other than as a red herring.

Fred.

You need a dose of Memphis politics.

Everything is about race.

Stereotypes of race sounds like racism to me.

Vincent, you need to change your avatar from an ape to a lapdog.

Vincent, you need to change your avatar from an ape to a lapdog.

I keep forgetting you're always right. :rolleyes:

He’s always left......

I'm not sure there's anything wrong with Japanese manufacturing. The OP gives an anecdote, but it isn't the basis for factual support of the hypothesis. For instance another anecdote is I have a D200 and a D700 that both work perfectly after what several years. Nothing fallen off. Can I then conclude that Japanese manufacturing is awesome?

You are aware that this thread is from 2011?

 

Yes, of course. But other people posted to it, so it is now active. And the original complaint is still absurd.

well he may not always be right, but hes never wrong.