MASS PRODUCTION BLUES


  • Get someone else to make it for you
    You tell the person who is making it exactly what you want and pay them for making it. (Yes even if it is Aunt Madge. It need not necessarily be with money but it is a good principle to make reasonable recompense for people's time.) Going back to the deep-blue evening dress again, in this instance you will probably get help with finding the appropriate pattern and materials and your seamstress will have the tools she needs.

    A lot of things can be made to suit your needs - others cannot. You can probably get furniture fitted to your house and a computer designed to your particular specifications, but it is unlikely that someone will design a car just for you. Where there is no opportunity to get the exact thing you want then make sure you get hold of the best item available. Never go shopping for major items until you have a specification in your head. It is far to easy to impulse buy some item which will not work for you.

    Buyer Beware!

    Now for the real problems in buying things that someone else has made:

    1. Are they inferior?
      Manufacturers often try to cut corners on production items. If an item is incredibly cheap, look for the short-cuts...tacky plastic surfaces,flimsy construction or bad design in furniture; patchy dyes, shoddy materials and bad needlework in clothing: poor specifications and bad built quality in computers.
    2. Are they dangerous? or potentially dangerous?
      Be aware of the pitfall with the items you want to purchase...look for safety guarentees and standards of manufacture. For instance, if you buy organic fruit, you know this will not contain pesticide residues. Get an expert to check over the safety of a second-hand car before you take it out on the road. Find out about the dodgy chemicals that can be found in everyday, shop bought items and check with your supplier when buying such items that dangerous chemicals have not been used.

    As I said, there are plenty of advantages in mass production but we need to be aware of the potential disadvantages too.

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