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Originally Posted by mrscoach
I was responding to rem, who seemed to be equating or poll numbers to product numbers. It is not out of line to the number of people who have had a defective product, but you cannot extrapolate that 10% of products were defective. The manufacturers wanting a 1% rate is completely different. If 10 people bought 10 products and only one had a defective item then both 10% and 1% are true, since they would be about different things.
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i agree with this completely. i was answering on an industry level whereas this poll seems to be trying to track individual experiences. however, numbers in aggregate should add up to the total and this poll doesn't reflect that.