Maybe my argument wasn’t as plainitively obvious as I thought it was. The only way to develop an opinion on quality is to personally trust the supplier or rely on trademarks. Without either you will not know if you’re getting the same product and quality will vary wildly. In an open market, the only way is to rely on trademarks. Place of origin is an extension of the trademark system.
Absolutely not. The only way to actually trust the quality of a product is independent testing. Just because a trademark is on a product doesn’t mean that every charge has similar quality, that the quality stays the same over longer periods of time, and that a competitor doesn’t have better quality.
Looking at only trademarks gets you exactly one thing: an expensive product. Nothing more.
Uh huh. So are you suggesting you independently test every product at point of sale? Or do you suggest certifying said product and affixing some sort of mark of trade upon it? Maybe even personally testing said product and then identifying it later based on it’s mark of trade?
Maybe my argument wasn’t as plainitively obvious as I thought it was. The only way to develop an opinion on quality is to personally trust the supplier or rely on trademarks. Without either you will not know if you’re getting the same product and quality will vary wildly. In an open market, the only way is to rely on trademarks. Place of origin is an extension of the trademark system.
Absolutely not. The only way to actually trust the quality of a product is independent testing. Just because a trademark is on a product doesn’t mean that every charge has similar quality, that the quality stays the same over longer periods of time, and that a competitor doesn’t have better quality.
Looking at only trademarks gets you exactly one thing: an expensive product. Nothing more.
Uh huh. So are you suggesting you independently test every product at point of sale? Or do you suggest certifying said product and affixing some sort of mark of trade upon it? Maybe even personally testing said product and then identifying it later based on it’s mark of trade?
No.
A trademark is not solely based on quality, so no.
No.
I can’t compete with obtuseness of this magnitude.