Mother For Life

Is it just me, or has the quality of everything we buy gone down over the years, while prices have gone through the roof? It was brought to my attention as I was going through the laundry today, washing and sorting. I thought I might share a few examples, and maybe you have some of your own.

Jeans: Especially those made for boys 12 and under. My two boys seem to blow out the knees within only a few months of owning a pair, no matter what the brand.

Socks: A few years back, it was one thing to have one holey sock, now that’s all they seem to do. I have more extra cleaning rags now then I know what to do with.

Bleach: Goes along with the sock thing. Used to be, one drop of bleach on something, and you were done. I just soaked a load of whites, and the bleach barely touched them. Still dried out my hands of course.

Bras: And since when do under wires pop out at unexpected times on a brand new bra I paid well for?

Sponges: I don’t know about you, but I have to keep spare packages of cleaning sponges under my cupboard now, they fall apart so easy.

Laundry soap: They raised the price of name brands, turned the bottles into “concentrate” and I still have to use just as much as before, for more money. And the cheaper brands I used to buy joined in the price raising, dropping their quality as well.

Furniture: There is no such thing as using real wood anymore, its all “pressed wood”, which of course makes for shabby looks and its not very durable. I long for the olden tables my aunts and grandmothers had, the real wooden shelves..

Shampoo: I don’t know about your family, but with three kids in mine, we go through quite a bit a month, and it takes three times as much just to get the hair clean.

Bread: Unless you are making your own, which I might have to start doing, bread itself tastes stale only a few days after buying it, and of course at a higher price.

Those are just a few examples, but it just goes to prove companies these days are going over to the quantity over quality side of thinking. I for one am getting tired of spending my hard earned money on items that are not living up to the standards they used to. It almost seems worth it to send off emails to everyone of those companies when something doesn’t meet my standards, perhaps if they get enough complaints they might change something. Hopefully they don’t send me internet coupons, most the stores in my area no longer accept any of them.

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