Originally Posted by
mooxster
Fail.
I grew up in a family who loved Fords. Thats all we owned. Never had any real issues with them. Had an old Escort, never had an issue.
I have a friend whose family owned Fords and vowed never to buy one again. Did nothing but give them problems. They had the same model Escort, was nothing but a headache for them.
Which one example is reasonably representitive of the model line? The answer is obviously the second because ALL ******* were POSes right?
You're arguement fails because there will always be mistakes that make it through without being caught. What makes a company good or bad is how they respond to the mistakes that make it through.
You are mistaken about the point of the argument. Your second paragraph illustrates the point of the argument, which you apparently have experienced first hand by observing a friend - it is a reasonable response because reasonable people have that response, not because it's a logical one. Obviously, one bad apple does not a bunch make, but bad impressions carry weight. Good reputations are won little by little, and lost in big sweeps.
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