Along these same lines, another company with a great reputation, Remington, has failed to live up to its quality control commitment. This has gone on for years with their Remington 700 firearms. In about 20,000 of these firearms the weapon will fire without touching the trigger. In one of these cases the firearm clicked in the court room, no round was in the weapon, but the judge noticed and awarded 17 million dollars.

Just like Viking, Remington, has made a recall, but does not admit to any wrongdoing. I am not from Missouri… “The show me state,” but if you made it and it does not work, or meet safety standards, whose fail is that?

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has standards, OSHA has standards, but if Viking, or Remington, does not have enough pride in their company to stand up for superior standards then they should not expect the public to grant them premium ratings. In these two cases just being better that “Brand X” should not be enough!

To demand a premium price, more important, a premium reputation, does the public not have the right to expect superior workmanship, pride and integrity? When money becomes more important than your reputation… you have no reputation!

Wain Reily

PS: I hope this is passed on to Viking!