It's a sad fact that stuff just isn't made like it used to be, and the major reason for that is the fact that to make the most money, need to have the least amount of cost in making the product. So between employees who aren't paid enough to care, and parts made from inferior materials, yeah, things are far less likely to work the way an older device would.
I still have a sewing machine that is as old as I am, works like a charm. People who buy sewing machines now complain that theirs break in a few years. I know plenty of people who would be happy to pay far more than I paid for my machine to take it off my hands, even with all the scratches it has from me moving it numerous times, just because it is an old Kenmore machine.
My parents also had an old VCR that they bought when I was a baby, as far as I know, that was still working, but couldn't be programmed (and also didn't rewind automatically, easily enough fixed by buying a $10 rewinder).
Sad, but true. Also amazing is that my parents had a still working Apple IIe for the longest time, and then when you consider how many computers I had pretty much up and die on me in a far shorter time, even more amazing.
Yep, stuff just isn't made the way it used to be, sadly it's becoming more obvious that the bottom line is profit, not making customers happy. Of course making shoddy quality merchandise has another benefit, they have to buy a new one in a few years, which means more profit. And sadly, that isn't just electronics, it's stuff in general really.
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20/4/09 22:21 (UTC)I still have a sewing machine that is as old as I am, works like a charm. People who buy sewing machines now complain that theirs break in a few years. I know plenty of people who would be happy to pay far more than I paid for my machine to take it off my hands, even with all the scratches it has from me moving it numerous times, just because it is an old Kenmore machine.
My parents also had an old VCR that they bought when I was a baby, as far as I know, that was still working, but couldn't be programmed (and also didn't rewind automatically, easily enough fixed by buying a $10 rewinder).
Sad, but true. Also amazing is that my parents had a still working Apple IIe for the longest time, and then when you consider how many computers I had pretty much up and die on me in a far shorter time, even more amazing.
Yep, stuff just isn't made the way it used to be, sadly it's becoming more obvious that the bottom line is profit, not making customers happy. Of course making shoddy quality merchandise has another benefit, they have to buy a new one in a few years, which means more profit. And sadly, that isn't just electronics, it's stuff in general really.