Tangentially, Arrow T50 stapler used to be a tank but now it's wet shit. Apparently they changed to a new factory.

So when your reputation is big you can slack on the product. Or is that naive? Is it the natural progression for all products?

Like in that movie Brasil. The food is awful but the illustration of the food is wonderful.

I have had two die at under 20k staples. 4 boxes.

The problem is MBAs see an unpriced asset of the commons and burn it down to get temporarily, one time ahead.

Old ones sell on eBay for not a lot.