Re: I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!!

[The Real Bev]

On 09/12/2019 01:51 AM, Unlisted wrote:
> I'm nearly 70 years old. Now that my life is nearly over, I've decided
> that I have not been satisfied with anything I have purchased during my
> lifetime. Therefore, I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!! For everything......

No problem. Just make sure you bring your receipts when you take the
stuff back to the stores.

--
Cheers, Bev
"John Wayne toilet paper -- It's rough, it's tough,
and it don't take no crap from nobody."

[Poster]

On Thu, 12 Sep 2019 03:51:52 -0500, Unlisted <unli...@nomail.com>

wrote:

>I'm nearly 70 years old. Now that my life is nearly over, I've decided
>that I have not been satisfied with anything I have purchased during my
>lifetime. Therefore, I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!! For everything......
>

I can relate to this. Many things I have purchased have been crap. Few
items last as long as claimed. A lot of stuff fails as soon as the
warranty ends. Its worse today than it was in the mid to late 20th
century. The manufacturers know that most people simply throw defective
items in the garbage and buy a new replacement. That is how they get
away selling inferior products.

But the blame falls on the consumer. If an item fails in a reasonable
time, the company should be contacted and a complaint filed. Yet, I know
that all of us have busy lives and there just isn't enough time to
complain about every product that is not satisfactory. Thats how and why
companies get away selling poorly made junk.

[Whoey Louie]

The question is, would you be willing to pay what it costs to make a better
item that would last longer? Do most people want something that lasts longer
or something that's cheap and that maybe if you use it a lot you have to
replace it in two years or ten years? I don't think there is one easy or
right answer. Some things are a disaster today. The one that comes to mind
is portable dehumidifiers. Today I see posts from many people saying the
same thing, that they only last a few years. I had that experienc with a
Sears unit. The blower went after about 2 years. I ordered a replacement,
$50. That one lasted about a year. Still not having learned my lesson,
I bought another one. That one smoked immediately. After that I went
and googled and there were loads of reports of the same problem, going
back years before I first bought mine. And Sears was still shipping defective
crap.

On the other hand, there are items like one finds at Harbor Freight, cheap
tools. I would not use them if I was a mechanic. I would not use them as
my primary set of wrenches or sockets. But for tools that you only plan on
using once every few years or for special one time projects most of them
are fine. Also, some like socket extensions, hammers, are so basic that
they are fine for most uses. So, if I need a rarely used socket, should
I buy Snap-On? Craftsman? Those cost 2x 3x+ more.

It seems for most things people have made the decision that they like the
low cost and that drives the market. And IDK if it's such a bad thing
with many things. Some like the dehumidifier are just total junk.
Breville appliances are in that category IMO too. I had a cordless blender,
it failed in just months. Electric kettle lasted longer, but it too
failed, a thermal fuse opened. It opened with no overheating due to any
misuse either. You'd think that would be easy to replace, but the way
it was designed it was part of the whole base, not possible to get to
and replace. So that went in the trash and no more Breville crap for me.
Those are the really annoying things for me.