By that logic, we shouldn't have any laws or taxes but that would be stupid now isn't it?

Thanks, if it is really hand woven then it seems like a fair price but given there is really no resale value for these unless you can provide some authenticity then whether it was worth it or not all depends on your own feelings to be honest.

For me, hand woven vs machine woven makes little difference as long as the material is same. But I realize everyone is different.

Am I missing something, I don't see a price anywhere but it would be really hard to tell if you got an actual hand woven one or not from the photo.

We have many similar "kilim"s at our home that cost 20-30$ at the time. I doubt they were hand woven though.

I actually haven't seen a study suggesting it did. My perception is that we have cheaper options now that used to be not available and as you said for those you get what you pay for. On top of that complexity of items increased drastically as people want more features which adds more points for failure.

But overall, at least based on my experience, a mid-tier priced appliance still goes a long way if you maintain it properly. The latter being a huge point. For example, for anything that use water the lifetime will heavily depend on your water supply. If you have hard water, the appliance's lifetime will be much shorter compared to someone who uses that appliance with soft water. That has always been the case though.

and so the majority of ones that were sold in 1982 unless you maintained them properly, cleaned them up so on. We are seeing a sample of 1 here don't forget that. I had a toaster from 2001 that went on for ~10 years just fine (and was still working when I replaced it)

Have you looked for a toaster in Amazon at all? There are hundreds of different styles, colors and even with images on the side.