Looks Like Lew Migliore ....

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Permalink Reply by Mike Currin on November 29, 2009 at 7:45am

The last paragraph is sort of like a coach saying "if you don't like the officiating take control of the game. How? by not waiting for the walk, hit the ball." I have coached some boys league ball when my children were small. I didn't like them complaining about the officiating so,,,,, take control of your own destiny. Lew is usually right.

Mike

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Permalink Reply by Stephen on December 1, 2009 at 6:38am

Well Mike, it's usually ends with a sales pitch for his company but I agree somewhat with you. Lew IMHO usually speaks with forked tongue like many in this industry, he knows where he gets most of his work from as well.

Is he searching for more work from retailers who might have to go to court because manufactures will be denying cliams more often, the consumners get the bump and then will look towards the retailer to make it right.

Retailers will be motivated to hire independant inspectors to save their asses. Will they hire the ones who still play the game the manufactures way....hired guns they know of? Probably not, they will seek out inspectors who have stopped doing work for the big three manufactures and the ones they know do not help the consumer out. Money is tight.

Looks like the mills are cutting more and more claims for inspectors...yet we see more and more hired guns out there. This is going to be good.

So when did the fox stop guarding the hen house really?

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Permalink Reply by Woodie to you on December 8, 2009 at 6:49pm

Me thinks that maybe the fox was replaced by a pack of coyotes?????
Sneakier, and more cowardly, and hunts in packs.

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Permalink Reply by Woodie to you on December 5, 2009 at 8:46am

The last paragraph in my opinion is putting the responsibility on the retailer for the sales of products,
This type of mentality is doing what the manufacturer wants to see, the retailer held accountable for selling product that wont perform up to the stated/intended use.
This sounds more like a pitch from the manufacturer to deny responsibility on a wider front by assigning it to the retailer.
How many products actually have understandable disclaimers on product use or viability for a certian application? Not very many, most are quite vague about wear and traffic etc.
How many labels on the back of carpet state that the carpet warranty does not apply when installed on stairs? or that traffic lanes and pivot points are not covered under warranty, or that the carpet is not warranteed when used for specific applications?
How many wood products state that the product should not be used say in a beach house were tracked in sand could cause premature loss of the wear/finish layer?
How about vinyl, does any state that it should not be used when the consumer has an asphalt driveway or that special cleaning methods/products should be used in those cases?
I have not seen this, until the manufacturer actually posts this type of data on the products then this issue still falls to manufacturing and should not be put on the retailer/consumer.

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