Re: Tiers of Furniture Quality
The trouble with doing a scale that is accurate and useful is that it would require Consumer Report resources, otherwise it would just be heresay. It would involve getting a sample from each manufacture in the rating series you want to do and then tear it down to see what's inside. If you don't do that, then its just speculation and of little value. One can tell the same thing by going into the factory and watch the build process, but who has time to do that? I can pop on a maker's website and if they have good, exploded diagrams make a reasonable assessment with maybe 50% accuracy. And once you start tiering these makers, the CEO's of the companies will be calling. I guarantee that and their attorney will be on the other line as well.
For that reason I have never tried to rate the brands. What I do here is tell you what makes good construction, then send you out to the stores and using your eyes and hands you can tell pretty much for yourself.
Duane Collie
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