Cheap TatOneEyedMonster remindes us about the crap you can buy in pound shops: "Batteries that lasted about an hour and then died. A screwdriver with a loose handle so I couldn't turn the damn screw, and a tape measure which wasn't at all accurate."
Similarly, my neighbour bought a lawnmower from Argos that was so cheap the wheels didn't go round, it sort of skidded over the grass whilst gently back-combing it.
What's the cheapest, most useless crap you've bought?
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chthonic, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 7:26)
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Planned obsolescence is not a mythIf things were built to last, there would be no replacement market; and since we're wealthy enough to sustain a replacement market, to ignore it would be commercial suicide. And why are we wealthy? Because the economy thrives when we're buying things - things like replacement alarm clocks. It's a vicious circle - or a virtuous one, depending on your point of view.
The problem with capitalism, see, is that it's conceptually solid as a rock. Bastard.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 14:10,
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