In a message dated 3/3/99 7:55:28 AM Central Standard Time, george.da...@unisys.com writes:
<< Derek: If you do not have confidence in the product you are buying then select another vendor. I understand your concern about products but I also understand your perspective as a test laboratory owner. Please look at the perspective of the consumer who has to pay for the extra assurance and the producer who has to wait to sell his product until he gets permission for other authorities before the product can start producing revenue. How many tests are necessary to assure the product will be sufficient to meet the expectations of the customer? This question has a different answer if you are the consumer, the test house, the national authorities or the manufacturer. All I am saying is we need to be practical and have a balance. Dave George Unisys >> Dave, The argument of buy from a different vendor just does not hold water. If it were choice of milk, tea, coffee, etc., then yes I would agree. But we're talking Hi-Fi, TV's, Cars etc. On may wages I can't afford to keep replacing things that don't work well. Before coming to the US 14 years ago, I did not have to replace any household appliances in 8 years. So far we have "worn out" 4 coffee makers, 3 Vacuum cleaners, 2 dishwashers ( the latest one is only 18 months old! ), a washing machine and dryer, 2 TV sets and so on. I think that the market place shows us there is a problem when just about every thing offered ( at least at the lower level ) comes with "extended warranties". The catch is that they cost you money, and they are not cheap! Add the cost up and it comes to a lot more for the consumer than doing good design and testing at the manufacturer. I treat products like this the same as those PC's carrying the Intel inside warning sticker. While I'm a test lab owner now my thoughts we're formed while working for others, particularly when I saw what kind of "stuff" was going to be inflicted on the consumer. By the way, I, and I suspect other labs do the same, don't tell folks what tests to run, but I do help them evaluate their product: there is a difference. Have a great (trouble free) day, Derek. --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, j...@gwmail.monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators).
