They Don’t Make it Like They Used To
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Appliances wear out in a hurry these days. Today, the Wagz crew invites a very old fox to help us wax nostalgic about those times a washing machine lasted more than five years, and Wolfin describes his ancient refrigerator.
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I am the coyote of the group! This means I am the handsome one, the intelligent one, the one who says all sorts of positive things about himself because he can even though he may be stretching the truth a little. When I'm not hosting or editing the show, you can find me writing the next great furry novel.
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You guys made some great points, but there’s a couple of things I’d like to point out.
Firstly: phones. I have never upgraded because I’ve destroyed a phone. It’s always been “phone becomes too slow for what I want to do, time for faster hardware”. I keep it as long as it suits my needs. I have upgraded because of changing network standards (1xRTT data to 3G, and 3G to LTE), and because of RAM/CPU power limitations of hardware. I also am careful to use proper cases and screen protection, so if your phone goes naked, that might not work for you. I just felt it was worth pointing out that you CAN keep phones for a long time. I’ve no plans to trade in my Galaxy S5 for anything in the foreseeable future.
Secondly: cars. You touched on the subject briefly, but I’d like to chime in as well. Your point that newer cars have more gadgets and that makes them more expensive to service is spot-on. However, another important thing to note is that just like other items, vehicles now are treated like they have a finite lifespan, and a short one. Go into a dealership and ask about 250k service items on any vehicle (bonus points if it’s NOT a pickup truck). They don’t plan on you keeping a vehicle that long, and after about 10 years or so, they don’t stock parts anymore. In the past, this wasn’t a big deal, because you could find aftermarket items. But now as mentioned, fancy computerized stuff can often only be done by the dealership. $250 chip key / remotes, anyone?