They don't build things to last anymore. In my observation the newer something is the more likely it is to malfunction. Cars. Laptops. Microwaves. Dryers. TV's. Christmas lights. Lamps. Remotes. These are all fairly new things around me that haven't worked properly in the past month.
The pessimistic part of me wonders if manufacturers make things crappy on purpose just to maintain a buyers market. Or maybe they made some behind the scenes deals with repair men. Who knows?
The pessimistic part of me wonders if manufacturers make things crappy on purpose just to maintain a buyers market. Or maybe they made some behind the scenes deals with repair men. Who knows?
3 comments:
As the cost of materials go up, companies still need to make money and avoid raising prices too much; so they cut corners but using cheaper material and labour. Yeah big business sucks.
Yeah...I bought a tv less than a year ago and it broke already. I took it back and exchanged it, but it was pretty annoying.
another theory could be that everything is outdated so quickly... people won't pay LOTS for something they know will be outdated in 2 years - so manufacturers need to cut corners to make things that are going to outdate soon affordable for the time frame that they will be any good
- makes sense in my head... but it still sucks.
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