Appliances

I know there is a tendency to look back on one's childhood with a sense of nostalgia. Things were good back then. Colors were brighters.  Appliances didn't break.

No really. As a kid, of the major family appliances of two households (divorced parents) I can only come up with one toasted microwave. There were two ancient refrigerators, a built in coffee maker that would not die, two diehard oven/stoves, and a seriously robust dishwasher. I'm not saying they were 50 years old, but they made it through most of my childhood.

So why is it, my brand-ish new-ish (2 years) fridge blew a sensor, my similarly aged microwave has both a dinged up fan blade and the handle came off, and a flatscreen LED t.v. blew a pixel line within a month of buying it. What is wrong with us as consumers that we put up with these shenanigans. I'm not saying a single fridge should last me with out trouble for my entire life time, but I have a vague idea that a major appliance should go trouble free for at least 5 years, 10 really seems more reasonable.

This is engineered to spur commerce.  Fire up the conspiracy net!

The problem is, people keep buying stuff. So they get away with it. We are such idiots.