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Re:The bewildering phenomenon of declining quality by jakubmazanec on Sunday July 20, 2025 @05:52AM (#44623479)
My experience is different (and I doubt that Ikea ever sold anything that wasn't made of particle boards). For example in Czechia, I bought the same bed in Ikea in 2010 and in 2021, and the price was nominally the same, so because of inflation, it is actually cheaper. But the quality went down and it's really bad.
Re:The bewildering phenomenon of declining quality by HPsquared on Sunday July 20, 2025 @06:04AM (#44623548)
A lot of that quality decline of the same product is called "value engineering". Companies are always looking for tiny ways to save money.