RV industry death spiral...
I'm greatly looking forward to this series of articles over the next couple of weeks: http://rvdailyreport.com/opinion/opinion-the-rv-industry-death-spiral-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-370313 ...
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fj12ryder wrote:et2 wrote:How many people bought the cars and trucks they made in the 50's and 60's? I would imagine that many of the people working in the factories bought cars, and it didn't really make any difference in the quality of the vehicles. They made cruddy vehicles and it wasn't until the Japanese made the scene that things really changed.westernrvparkowner wrote:
One of the "reasons" the author of the article quoted believes is symptomatic of the death of the RV industry is the supposed fact that only 3 percent of the workers in the RV industry own RVs. I would assume that would be the case in any luxury business. I doubt many workers at Boeing, or Gulfstream own a Boeing Business Jet or A Gulfstream G650. Doubt many of the line workers at Ferrari own a Testa Rosa. What percentage of Rolex employees were Rolexes? A dubious argument at best.
But you left out the thought, if they owned the junk they knowingly made things would change. Do any of those you mentioned put out junk? If they did they' d be out of business. Besides the aircraft industry is heavily regulated by our government as is the auto industry. The fox is in the hen house with the rv industry. They police themselves.
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This isn't the 50's or 60's so I can't honestly answer to that. Other than the auto industry has virtually been reformed in the last two decades or so. They were forced by competition who made a affordable "better" car for less money. Along with all the other regulations that have been implemented over that time. They now make something that you reasonable know there is some oversight as to how it was made and regulations they must conform to regulated by the government.
So looking at the RV industry that isn't even close in comparison. When someone makes a "better" product to compete that is affordable, it must change. To much money being made when you can do whatever you can get away with.
One can make all the straw men arguments they want. There are lemon laws for automobiles now. If more people were able to do this with their RV's - the RV industry would go bankrupt within 6 months.
