@rplst8 posted:Lionel is doing a fine job of ruining their own reputation, so I don’t think they have much to worry about.
You can buy knock off parts (filters, batteries, cartridges, accessories, etc.) for thousands of products (appliances included) already on Amazon or a hundred other places. If ruined reputations were really a problem, I think the market place would show it.
instead, companies remain shortsighted, and concerned only about the bottom line, rather than the long term prospects of their business. They find ways to cheapen every aspect of their products to save pennies per unit, turning them into cheap, unrepairable throwaway garbage, that clog landfills and use up scarce resources.
Name a single US appliance manufacturer that isn’t a shell of what it once was 40 years ago, now often just renting their name out to a third party who actually makes the goods.
Lol - like the first time I saw one of Lionel’s easy hookup accessories. I mean really…can you get any cheaper looking switch?
