Excel Closing Its Doors
Peterson Industries made the following post this morning in the Excel Owners' Group forum over on another RVing website: Dear Excel Family Members, Peterson Industries, Inc. has been a pillar...
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By all accounts, the RV industry is booming again. Why did this manufacturer fail now, as opposed to several years ago when the industry was in a slump ?
It seems like there's a bit more to this story. Or what am I missing ?
My other question is this - while everyone talks about the lack of quality in the RV industry, why is it that the builders who are going under are the ones who apparently built the best rigs ?
There's an old saying that the enemy of 'Good Enough' is 'Perfection'. Is that what is going on here ? Are the rigs built by Thor and the others, 'good enough' ?
Apparently, no matter what we say here about really wanting a quality product, we are satisfied with the rigs being built, and not willing to pay the extra surcharge for a quality-built product.
Tim
It seems like there's a bit more to this story. Or what am I missing ?
My other question is this - while everyone talks about the lack of quality in the RV industry, why is it that the builders who are going under are the ones who apparently built the best rigs ?
There's an old saying that the enemy of 'Good Enough' is 'Perfection'. Is that what is going on here ? Are the rigs built by Thor and the others, 'good enough' ?
Apparently, no matter what we say here about really wanting a quality product, we are satisfied with the rigs being built, and not willing to pay the extra surcharge for a quality-built product.
Tim
