CORPORATE ACCOUNTABLILTY

      Our car has about eighty thousand miles on it, it is a 2013 and has had about four recalls, one is still pending!  

       Over the past three years we have been eligible for about four class action settlements from different companies. Besides that, we have returned brand new items that did not work or thrown away new less expensive items because the cost of gas to return the items would be greater than the cost of the items.

        We understand a company can sell a broken item but cannot sell and item they have not made. That being said, buying a product that does not work or has a short life span is good motivation to think twice about buying anything.

         Advertising has corrupted the retail environment further; we the consumer is subjected to abrasive advertisements with talking animals and humans that do not enhance the products viability.

         We, the consumers forget that we have the power to vote with our dollars, we have in some cases become so numb by the bombardment of our senses with trite, misleading and false advertising that is sold with a smile. We want so much to smile about something, anything, that we buy the product(s) in the hopes we achieve satisfaction. When in fact, we only lose the dollars we have earned. 

           Our family recently received an insurance bill for our home which is twice what it was last year. When we spoke with company representatives, we did receive two additional bills for different amounts. We have been insured by this company for more than forty years. We went with a new insurer who gave us a quote lower than the three other quotes we received.

            Over the years we have thrown away packaging and products from one company in particular that were supposed to be always save items. Now we hear that that company's credit card is charging bogus bills to their customers.

           If we order online, we receive packages within packages as well as plastic sealing and plastic stuffing filled with air. 

            Small business has been choked by the economies of scale competition with consumers spending hours of wait time trying to return a product that is either defective, misrepresented or ineffective usefulness. That does not include those items made with plastic parts that break after one use.

             Corporations believe that their lack of quality can sustain their businesses forever. And the consumer will soon wake up to the benefits of voting with their dollars for those companies that exhibit integrity and responsibility for their products.