Propane Tank Refilling Denied
Today we were turned away by the propane attendant at Camping World because our tanks are over 12 years old. Since reading that Canada filling stations do not always honor re-certified tanks, and the ...
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BobsYourUncle wrote:
Today's standard is cheaper thinner lighter weaker and built in obsolescence. All for the sake of saving a penny.
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Perhaps you are "partially" correct here. Manufacturers do make cheaper, lighter, items (virtually everything being made today is cheaper, lighter, etc). It might be a cost saving measure on the part of the manufacturer, but there's much more to it than that. By making them so the DO NOT last, it means sometime in the future you will need to return to buy a NEW one. Thus, the new age of disposable (everything). Your toaster goes bad? Do you take it to the little shop down the road so good old "Bubba" can fix it in his "fix it all shop?" Nope, no more! You simply throw it away and buy a new one! I feel the same is true with propane bottles. Make 'em cheap, require a time stamp and limit on them, and that guarantees in 10 or 12 years someone will have to buy a new one! It's called ... "Repeat Business!" It sucks, but it is the way it is! And we the consumer get screwed!
Does anyone take in a $300 lap top computer for repair any more, when the repair bill will be $400! So they change software so fast, in 3 years, your $300 computer is obsolete. You can't upgrade it, or fix it, so you toss it and buy a new one! And guess who's making the money at YOUR expense! Oh good grief! Don't get me going on cell phones!
