Posted on 12/20/2023 9:28:45 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Last year the Omega Moonswatch was released and the public went wild selling it out quickly. Swiss made the thing was cheap (relatively) crap. Of course the Chinese quickly made copies with their own weird brand names on them. Turns out the Chinese copies were better made and sturdier than the originals. I didn’t buy any but as a watch nerd it was a phenomenon to observe.
I still use silverware that my sister got using S&H Green Stamps in the 80s. Good enough, and at this point it has a pretty decent story behind them.
i have an 2022 indonesian made squire mustang bass , it is just as nice , maybe more, than the 72 fender mustang i has as a kid.
but finding an accurate digital humidity gauge has been a pain.
waiting on the latest purchase now.
The roulette purchase wheel is spinning as we post!
I was actually filling out a form the other day and it took 4 ball point pens to finish a one-page form. All out of a new box of pens.
When I was in school back in the 70’s, a good BIC pen would last me a full school year and then some.
I got sick of defective manual can openers....
Then I found the only that I know of USA opener:
Google:
ez-duz-it-can-opener
Awesome!
To add insult to injury, the time-stealing super-packaging that encases much of this junk is typically littered with all of the envirowackoly-correct slogans and seals of approval.
Look, I just want a normal, stainless steel dish drainer, okay? Stainless steel... to drain and dry wet cookware and utensils and stuff.
It’s not complicated.
The other problem is that people are paying very high prices for things that will not last because they are trendy rather then paying high prices for things that will last because they are classic and will be wearable and usable twenty years from now.
Too many people go for quantity rather than quality, and would rather buy oodles of cheap plastic junk rather than a few quality pieces.
For almost every consumer product there is a high quality alternative, but they sell in small numbers.
Some i am looking for but can’t find:
-made in the First World electric kettle
-made in the first world toaster/toaster oven
-my Mom wants a decent meat thermometer
-new car with minimal plastic in the interior that doesn’t cost $500,000
The appliance and tool short-livedness is due to regulation forcing manufacturers to build unreliable crap. The definitely don't build them like they used to. The best materials and adhesives are outlawed.
I don't know what to say about the dishes. Maybe they thing they're supposed to withstand being thrown on the floor.
This is exactly right. It’s still easily possible to find nice things that last, just not for cheap prices at Walmart or Amazon.
If you want something nice, manufactured domestically, or in Europe, it’s going to cost money. But, it will last just like we expect it to.
In decades past, folks saved up their money to buy things, and those things were nice and they lasted. Now, people are accustomed to buying cheap goods, cheap food, cheap everything, and they’re surprised when the goods don’t last, the food is unhealthy, etc.
The thing to do is buy fewer things, but buy better things. This goes for goods and food alike.
The other problem is when that integrated LED light fixture dies in a few years, good luck finding one that matches it. Now you either have mismatched light fixtures, or replace them all.
“Fruitcake doesn’t break.”
and after hardening for a few years makes a pretty darn good door stop!
Not sure any more.
I’m looking for a good headstone.
I don’t care how long it lasts.
🙄
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