It's hard for many people to separate BV from OQ. But having worked with brands all my life, I have a great deal of faith in Rocketman's system. He's not making judgements, the market is.
Intuitively, we short-cut the quality factor of purchasing decisions by ascribing certain quality grades to brands. This eases the difficulty/complications in making a buy decision. Unfortunately, there is no long term assurance that the brand will uphold its quality or that all products of the brand will have equal quality. For example, a few years ago I'd have said Woodward sold nothing but best work SLE's. Now, I say, as the owner, proud owner, of three Woodward vended BLE of middlin' OQ, I would be in serious gastrointestinal distress if I'd have paid for the BLE's as I would have for a SLE.
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