My Aunt’s GE Spacemaker Coffeemaker from 1988, used nearly everyday sinceSubmitted by ME5SENGER_24 t3_122q3dr in BuyItForLife
toTheNewLife t1_jdt717w wrote
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>You can literally have the long lasting version right next to cheap junk and even tell them that the longer lasting one will last decades, and consumers will still buy the junk one.
People don't really trust corporations. I sure don't. Even though I get it from an engineering perspective. Yet I'm still dubious when I see a $150 version of a product sitting next to a $35 one. Instinct tells me the more expensive one is a cash grab - because that's what companies do today. They pad their margins.
I have no trust that the more expensive one will really last a decade. And it it doesn't how do I know that I won't be put into phone menu hell when I try to exercise my warranty? "HUMAN!" "HUMAN!".
It's been made easier to throw stuff away, IMO.
BoilerButtSlut t1_jdtafg9 wrote
And this is how people get the attitude of "it's all the same so I'll spend the bare minimum to replace it" and then are never able to escape the garbage cycle and then insist that there is no other way.
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