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Toilet paper that your finger goes through, at the worst possible moment.
Originally posted by tribewilder
reply to post by Iwinder
OK, So I live in Northern Ontario and I bought some winter gloves at Marks last year that are supposed to be rated for -30..
Dam near froze my fingers off today at -17 and I was only out for about 25 minutes. I don't mind paying extra for quality but I really hate the lies that a lot of products have attached to them..
Originally posted by CerBeRus666
I think you have to:
1) Change the places where you are buying your stuff, or,
2) Stop being cheap, buy only high-quality products, from reputable brands
P.S. » As for car batteries, or any other sort of industrial materials you must handle, you do know that there is a requirement, at least for professionals, to use high-duty gloves, and other protective items, when handling these items?...maybe that should have given you a hint.
Originally posted by sonofliberty1776
Two Words: Planned Obsolescence.
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
reply to post by Iwinder
Toilet paper that your finger goes through, at the worst possible moment.
luckily I have not had that one happen yet. But you are right, everything is CRAP. I also live in Ontario, but I think this phenomena is happening in all modern countries.
I agree with pretty much every thing you said and have experienced most of the problems on your list, and I feel your pain man...
My gripe is with cell phones, they are so fragile, and so expensive. I am hooked on having a smart phone so when I break my screen, or break the phone in half. I run and get one like a fool at full cost. It is my only weakness I guess. I think things that cost a fair amount of money should be built to last. But that would make too much sense.edit on 15-12-2010 by Corruption Exposed because: grammar
Originally posted by mtnshredder
My tin foil hats don't last near as long as they used to, cheap, thin, bad reception..you know. Seriously, I feel your pain, trying to find quility products made from any country is tough nowdays, when you do it's usually not cheap and money's tight for most. Sad the lack of pride in workmanship from the top down in todays world, for the most part quality sucks.
Originally posted by SassyCat
Good rant..... twisty cables lol, nice.
I bought two Altec Lansing speaker systems 1.5 years ago, one seldom works and another makes annoying buzzing sounds when it feels like. These things always break after 12 months of use, they're designed to annoy the f#$#@ out of you AFTER the warranty period so you buy a new one. Thing is they don't just break, they cause various annoying problems and simply don't work as they should.
In past 4 years I had about 6 DVD drives, one was even "made in USA" (I kid you not) but I later found out on forums that its only actually assembled in US, specifically its casing is assembled, the rest is made in China. Its Plextor if you guessed.
Then there's the windshield fluid which says it freezes on -30 but it will freeze on 0 degrees celsius lol, then you have the 400 euro service bill after the pump gets broken because of it.
Don't get me started on computer software quality... . People who shouldn't even be allowed to use any digital device end up making your GUIs .
My Sennheiser headphones are already cracked on both sides after 1 year of use, noticed just recently, they'll break up completely eventually but I already have experience with gluing headphones because I also have overpriced bang & olufsen ones which are glued about 8 times.
That's just some of it, I could talk about this all day... I have daily experiences with crappy gizmos at my workplace. I still have a HP printer that works after 20 years and godly amount of pages printed, but new ones won't last a year.
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
reply to post by Iwinder
Toilet paper that your finger goes through, at the worst possible moment.
luckily I have not had that one happen yet. But you are right, everything is CRAP. I also live in Ontario, but I think this phenomena is happening in all modern countries.
I agree with pretty much every thing you said and have experienced most of the problems on your list, and I feel your pain man...
My gripe is with cell phones, they are so fragile, and so expensive. I am hooked on having a smart phone so when I break my screen, or break the phone in half. I run and get one like a fool at full cost. It is my only weakness I guess. I think things that cost a fair amount of money should be built to last. But that would make too much sense.edit on 15-12-2010 by Corruption Exposed because: grammar