Jansport Let Down

Jansport has really gone downhill in the past 10 years. It used to be that the top 3 brands were Jansport, Eastpak, and High Sierra. Now Eastpak only deals with the european market. High Sierra has gone into uber industrial (non casual) backpacks that are a cross between urban and hiking. And Jansport still produces casual school/day treker backpacks but unfortunately the quality has gone down a lot. They don't produce the leather/suede bottoms anymore. Now, the bottoms rip and wear out more easily and the entire fabric is a lot thinner and cheaper. I compared one I purchased last week at Staples to one that I had 10 years ago and the one purchased recently will probably wear out faster than the one 10 years back. That's a little ridiculous. You can really feel how thing the fabric has become, it's sad. I don't think they're even produced in the US anymore, probably China. They've made no changes to it besides putting some padding in the back. But it's really lost the appeal that it once had. I can't believe you could walk into a Walmart, Kmart or Target and find wall to wall of quality Jansports with leather bottoms and now the closest thing you can get is this piece of crap. Thanks Jansport, maybe in 10 more years you'll reduce down to a burlap sack or a coffee bean bag. BTW, the jansport I just purchased has been returned.