Letter: Quality is a thing of past in Britian
We have all heard the expression "rip-off Britain" and it's true, more than ever.
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Goods, including cars, TVs and washing machines are designed to fail after a comparatively short time so you are forced to buy replacements.
Firms employ clever people to engineer "built in obsolescence" to ensure everything is worthless after a while in this throw-away society where sales are more important than quality.
Quality is a long distant memory now that most of our manufacturing industry is gone and we are forced to accept foreign rubbish.
W F Kerswell, Picklescott
