Predator probably has standards to check quality, I know the president and he wouldn’t really allow bad products to mess up the Predator name. If they did he would definitely care about it and take action. He is too highly driven to let things get past him, especially on purpose.
As for other companies, though they are responsible they don’t necessarily have or can afford their own quality assurance departments. Even those are outsourced. When you call and complain about an item you are connected to a third party which has a script to follow. This has been engineered by the product owner in advance and is more cost effective than holding employees to do it.
A lot of companies that make things now are only a few dozen cubicles on a single floor of an office building. There is no making locally. No shipping. No call center. No labs. It is all done on computers, though emails, and through outsourcing.
Don’t complain that things used to be better back in the old days. You all enjoyed a life during the most economically prosperous time for white men in the history of the modern world in the US. The bell curve is now more spread out to accommodate everyone possible. It is just different now and less convenient for consumers, but more products are available then there ever were.
I’m just saying if the wood was not holding up well with all the inlays they would probably pop out. Just a thought on the subject. I don’t like gaudy much. But when Hans said they can be so gaudy they are cool I did laugh for a sec. And also maybe on your line of thinking the inlays would actually make for a softer hit with some woods which some prefer and would call a better hit.
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