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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Mt parents bought a refrigerator in about 1960 when we lived in Hawaii. It moved with us as a military family over a dozen times. They finally cave it away to a friend for helping them install a new fridge to match the remodeled kitchen. It likely is still working but using twice the electricity of a modern fridge.
I sold my parents washing machine at the estate sale that I bet was 30 years old.
So yea, the old phrase "they don't make em like they used to" is 100% accurate..
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So the above sentence illustrates the conundrum appliance manufactures have. How do you increase sales and lowers costs? The easiest way to do it is reduce costs and thereby reducing reliability so you can sell more items.
Grimm would never admit it, but I wonder how many discussions engineering had with management to increase the reliability of a product at a small cost to manufacturing but was vetoed down because profit considerations took a back seat to making a better LONGER lasting product (read less sales). I'll take off my tinfoil hat now.