At least a couple years now they've been pushing the weird Chinese brands with respect to electronics gadgets. If I want that level of junk I'll just order it from AliExpress for next to nothing. At least then I paid a crap price for a crap product.
Otherwise it's gotten to the point everything needs so much research if you want it to be halfway decent. I don't even trust more reputable brands anymore. Logitech for example I've gotten to the point I generally hate everything they sell.
Otherwise it's gotten to the point everything needs so much research if you want it to be halfway decent.
So true. It's such a chore to buy anything anymore. I can't depend on the reviews. I can't depend on the brand or quality of the item. I can't depend on the seller. I can't depend on the e-commerce site. No one has a reputation at stake. And yet for a lot of products, I'm effectively trapped, since now I can't really get a lot of stuff locally.
I've been shifting my electronics (and a lot of other kinds of purchases) to Costco since I know I can at least rely on their return policy, and I know they at least try to stock decent products.
I finally ended up getting rid of Costco mainly because I moved and it was too inconvenient anymore. They were great on returns though. I think when it comes to brands now, very few of them even bother with a reputation. You can silence dissent online, buy good press, etc. and it's all cheaper than maintaining a reputation.
They downsourced, and the engineers left to make a startup that failed and someone ran off with everyone's money not delivering the promised hardware. Everyone lawyered up and vanished. The original Logitec is a hollowed-out shell of its former self.
They might still make some stuff that's decent, but I've tried a couple different mice and keyboards and they just don't seem to have any quality at all anymore. None of it was at the super high end, but it wasn't the low end either.
At least a couple years now they've been pushing the weird Chinese brands with respect to electronics gadgets. If I want that level of junk I'll just order it from AliExpress for next to nothing. At least then I paid a crap price for a crap product.
Otherwise it's gotten to the point everything needs so much research if you want it to be halfway decent. I don't even trust more reputable brands anymore. Logitech for example I've gotten to the point I generally hate everything they sell.
So true. It's such a chore to buy anything anymore. I can't depend on the reviews. I can't depend on the brand or quality of the item. I can't depend on the seller. I can't depend on the e-commerce site. No one has a reputation at stake. And yet for a lot of products, I'm effectively trapped, since now I can't really get a lot of stuff locally.
I've been shifting my electronics (and a lot of other kinds of purchases) to Costco since I know I can at least rely on their return policy, and I know they at least try to stock decent products.
I finally ended up getting rid of Costco mainly because I moved and it was too inconvenient anymore. They were great on returns though. I think when it comes to brands now, very few of them even bother with a reputation. You can silence dissent online, buy good press, etc. and it's all cheaper than maintaining a reputation.
They downsourced, and the engineers left to make a startup that failed and someone ran off with everyone's money not delivering the promised hardware. Everyone lawyered up and vanished. The original Logitec is a hollowed-out shell of its former self.
They might still make some stuff that's decent, but I've tried a couple different mice and keyboards and they just don't seem to have any quality at all anymore. None of it was at the super high end, but it wasn't the low end either.