Some products can be made quickly by a machine. Other items take a long time to be made by hand. As a buyer, which do you prefer and why? Give specific details and examples in your answer.

Ever since the industrial revolution,

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produced goods have flooded the consumer market.

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goods

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have proven

to be highly popular, it is now becoming increasingly clear that handmade goods are more desirable for modern, informed consumers. In

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essay, I shall look at some of the ethical and quality-based reasons for

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re-evaluation.

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with, handmade goods can be made with far more care and attention to detail than

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produced goods.

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is because

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the machines

lack a

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sense

that experienced craftsman evidently possess.

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, a study by the International Consumerist Society found that handmade furniture, musical instruments and jewellery were consistently rated as being more attractive (by consumers) than their

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made counterparts.

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is clear that buyers prefer handmade goods for reasons that relate to quality of workmanship.

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, handmade

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companies have far more ethical attitudes towards the environment.

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is because factories and chemical processes heavily underpin

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industrial

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.

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the British Green Party found that the levels of toxicity and environmental damage outside handmade

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centres were paltry compared to the levels found outside factories used for

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production

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.

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, since modern consumers are more environmentally conscious than ever before, these findings have clearly contributed to their preference for handmade goods. In conclusion, there are compelling reasons for why modern consumers favour handmade goods. In the future, as environmental issues worsen,

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preference will no doubt grow more pronounced.