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Re: "Goos Enough" but Good Value

To: "Scott Hall" <scott.hall@comcast.net>, <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: "Goos Enough" but Good Value
From: "Mark and Susan Miller" <marknsuz@pacbell.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 09:32:55 -0800
<excellent rant about quality tools and workmanship deleted.  Read it the
first time.>

> I think there was a point in time when "you get what you pay for" was
true,
> or at least more so than now.  I think perhaps it was even as late as
forty
> years ago.  now, I see almost no certain correlation between price and
> worth.  yes, sometimes.  but not often enough to make blanket assumptions.


I believe that the more appropriate saying these days is "you don't get more
than you pay for"

Not always true; there are bargains out there, but we are more likely to see
rip-offs than great deals.

Mark Miller
geezer in training





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