Is there ANYTHING out there made with the same integrity as yesteryear? (cost, elect)
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Has anyone else noticed this? I don't care WHAT you buy nowadays, it is cheaply made. We are suppose to be improving things with technology, yet nothing lasts. I still have appliances my grandmother owned and they work perfectly fine. Buy something new today and if it lasts 5 years you are lucky. What's up with that? Are we cutting corners to save on the building or is it JUST the out-sourcing to other counties? and if that is the case, then what about vehicles made in the USA that have had their own issues.
Where is the integrity in what we purchase nowadays?
Has anyone else noticed this? I don't care WHAT you buy nowadays, it is cheaply made. We are suppose to be improving things with technology, yet nothing lasts. I still have appliances my grandmother owned and they work perfectly fine. Buy something new today and if it lasts 5 years you are lucky. What's up with that? Are we cutting corners to save on the building or is it JUST the out-sourcing to other counties? and if that is the case, then what about vehicles made in the USA that have had their own issues.
Where is the integrity in what we purchase nowadays?
For a lot of things, the option is still there to get a really well made product. The catch is, it's gonna cost you.
People are short sighted. Wyh buy something that's very expensive when you can have a similar shoddy version for a fraction of the cost? In the long run, buying quality always wins, but people generally don't think long term.
For a lot of things, the option is still there to get a really well made product. The catch is, it's gonna cost you.
People are short sighted. Wyh buy something that's very expensive when you can have a similar shoddy version for a fraction of the cost? In the long run, buying quality always wins, but people generally don't think long term.
Maybe that is true. Maybe it's just that you have to Step UP in product line. Why I say that, some of the "same" name brands that I was referring to from yesteryear that belonged to my grandmother, I have purchased the same brand thinking it should be of the same quality. NOT! Maybe I need to step UP to a more expensive line to get a higher quality and maybe it will last longer. But why should the same brand name be cheaper made. That is a loss isn't it? You know, my grandmother's dryer was built such that "I" could repair it myself, and I DID! Today, I haven't a clue how to repair anything. LOL
And yeah, older TV's had to have tubes replaced all the time, as hard as that is to believe. Actually, I have a TV thats over 20 years old now. Its a 27" magnavox, that my dad bought back in 1987. First color TV the family had, and was cable ready, ohhhhhh.
And I'll say this, as far as production methods, the 80's sucked.
You have to pay for quality. There's lots of cheaply made items that cost less. Furniture is a really good example. You can get partical board laminate coffee tables at IKEA for $100 or you can get a solid hardwood top quality table for $500-2000. The quality one cost several times more and will last your whole life. The IKEA table will last 5 years if you are lucky. In the long run if you have the cash get the quality table and it will be cheaper over time.
? You're getting that where? Your link doesn't back it.
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And yeah, older TV's had to have tubes replaced all the time, as hard as that is to believe.
"Older TVs" is rather vague; depends on the year and the make. Our 60s vintage color TV didn't. And even if they did, the point remains that they lasted a lot longer, backing the OP's point. I also find this "throwaway electronics" thing rather bizarre.
I have a Japanese chefs knife that's been hand made by a 78 year old knife maker. It was slightly delayed because he got sick for a couple of weeks, and no one else knows how to do his job.
It's pretty much as good of a knife you can get and it costs in the region of $900.
You can buy quality, but it'll be prised comparatively to what you get.
That said though, I agree with what Memphis1979 said, overall things are made far better and far cheaper today than before, the difference is that the market is swamped with cheaper "replicas" and alternatives as well, and some products, as well as some new products simply aren't made to last forever for different reasons. (A mobile phone for example, doesn't need to last more than 2-4 years as most people want/have bought a newer model at that point)
I'd say that's a toss up and depends largely on what you're talking about (I was mostly kidding).
? You're getting that where? Your link doesn't back it.
"Older TVs" is rather vague; depends on the year and the make. Our 60s vintage color TV didn't. And even if they did, the point remains that they lasted a lot longer, backing the OP's point. I also find this "throwaway electronics" thing rather bizarre.
I know 20 years ago I could buy an electric coffee pot that lasted 10 years no prob. Today, the average coffee pot under $100 lasts MAYBE a year and then it starts leaking, rusting out at the hot plate or just stops working.
Now I know this is a lame example, but I decided to start buying the cheaper ones so when it died in a year I felt like I wasn't wasting so much money. Hence, disposable appliance. lol
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