lmfao@^^^

I'll hitch my team up to your wagon Lil!

Yes...I praise good service and good products. But I am in total agreement that quality is slipping to an all time low!

Not too many years ago we bought shutters for all but 2 back windows of our home. That's 12 windows...2 shutters per window. They were "guaranteed" to withstand even the harshest of weather and never fade...as the color went through and through. They faded to almost a pinkish color (from a deep burgandy) now. The company recommends a "wash" product to bring back the color but does not make that particular shutter anymore. Another company makes such a similar product and we wanted to finish off the 2 back windows...so we chanced it. We've had the newer shutters up for 3 winters/summers now and they haven't faded a bit. AND...the new ones are on the back of the house which receives the harshest conditions of all sides of our house! So what do we do? Replace all the other shutters? Wash them with that idiotic stuff that we should have never had to use? If we take them down there'll be holes in the stucco beside every window. Arrrrrgggggggg!

Even simple things like...I bought a wrap-around light for our umbrella pole on the picnic table. It didn't work so I took it back and got another. It didn't work either!

Even more ridiculous...Healthy Choice® soup. I was buying the chicken noodle and on a few occasions in a row there was hardly any noodles or chicken. Each container had mostly carrots and broth. So I thought, "It happens from time to time that they hit the bottom of the batch so I'll wait a while before getting anymore...giving my store a chance to renew their stock". Usually this product is chock full of noodles and chicken. Well...waited a while and purchased again. Same thing! I wrote to the company and received coupons for 4 free containers! Uh...you gotta be kidding me!

And don't get Mr. Lixy started on this subject! Only difference with him is he'll only bitch to me. He won't return a faulty product unless it's an exchange. But boy oh boy can he rant on about this very topic! I make him make the store test a product on site now! This used to embarrass him but he's getting used to it.

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