In these days of infuriating 'inbuilt obsolescence' here are a couple of examples from me bucking the trend before cynical design became mainstream.
My wooden spatula broke last week, I know heartbreaking, thing is I've had it at least 30 years. With a heavy heart I had to get a replacement from the supermarket..... for 50 pence. So here's to the next 30 years.
Also when I bought my house some 20 years ago I remember the vendor jokingly telling me he'd let me keep a bulb in a spot lamp that had been working for the past 30 years. And incredibly it's still working today.
Bic razors, take note. Twats.
I'm wondering how a wooden spatula breaks, mine must be about 33 years old and no sign of breaking, also how do you know the new 50p one will last more than a few months if everything has built in obsolescence
I do tend to buy stuff and use it until it breaks whereas others change things just because they "fancy a change" etc however I have also wondered whether or not it may have been a cost saving to have thrown away the old one and bought new.
I'm talking about things like my old washing machine that was gifted to me when I moved home, it was about 14 or 15 years old when I got it but I used it for 23 years before it finally broke so it would have been 35+ years old.
However in that time design of electricals / white goods has vastly improved in terms of energy efficiency and water usage etc, OK so the water costs next to nothing but with the introduction of the energy ratings A to G around 1994 this saw electricals redesigned and improved as basically so many people were picking the well rated items over the inefficient ones as it could save them quite a bit of money every year.
I believe some items like fridges were so successful that almost every model ended up being rated an A or a B so the ratings had to be changed to A+ A++ etc to differentiate
Aren't Bic razors supposed to be single use anyway
I do use disposable razors myself but tend to use them until they aren't so effective or feel like they aren't gliding as well or starting to drag, I did once but some Bic ones and they were shit on the 1st shave so went in the bin unused, Gillette seem to work best IMO
Perhaps a bit off topic but in my experience some of these so called high end brands which cost a bit more simply aren't worth the money as they don't seem to last very long at all, if i'm buying a more expensive decent brand then I expect it to last for ages.
Samsung is my bug bare, I bought a fridge freezer with a 2 year guarantee which thankfully had a free extension to 4 years, just over 2 years the fucker broke.
I bought a laptop which broke just after 12 months
My parents had Samsung TV's which broke after a couple of years as in they literally went "Bang" when switched on, the same happened to mine
On the other hand i've had a couple of LG TV's for over 8 years (perhaps shouldn't tempt fate here as I did also recently think the energy saving bulb on the landing was doing well having lasted 25 years, the week later it broke
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