RV manufacturers, I am calling you out

NYCgrrl wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
If this is just a recent phenomenon, how do you explain the "planned obsolescence" of the cars of the 50's and 60's and earlier of course?

In 1924 "Alfred P. Sloan Jr. suggested annual model-year design changes to convince car owners that they needed to buy a new replacement each year, an idea borrowed from the bicycle industry, though the concept is often misattributed to Sloan." Nearly one hundred years ago. Where oh where did all those "sheep" come from?

"However, I'm not really that old and I remember when "stuff" made here didn't have to compete with cheap **** from China and you *actually got what you paid for*!"

I remember the "cheap Japanese junk", i.e. transistor radios, toys, etc. that came out in 50's and 60's, and the changes they then wrought in the stagnant American auto industry.

Thank you for the industrial history lesson greatly and the awareness that this business model didn't come out of thin air. It's certainly alive and kicking in the domestic AND international kitchen appliance industry as well

My DGD went shopping for a new range with me and questioned why I was buying a manual operated appliance over one with the easy to read digital "cute" display.
Showed her some pics of me replacing a motherboard and how the previous stove didn't need much more maintenance past re-calibration and cleaning for 50 years. Hope she got the point :c:.

I've always followed my mother's advice to get the simplest tool for the job. It has worked well and I rarely have issues with quality or lack thereof.

A sibling bought a new washer and dryer and was all excited showing me everything they would do. The entire time, i'm thinking "why did you spend all that money buying all these extra cycles, etc., when all you have are jeans, t-shirts, sweats and scrubs. She'll never use 3/4 of what those machines do, but they look real fancy in her laundry room.