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Offline Motherland

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Re: All my stuff breaks within a year....WHY?
« Reply #15 on: March 13, 2011, 08:47:41 PM »
Why would you make something with quality when you can make something more cheaply AND force people to buy it over and over again?!
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Offline gyrene81

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Re: All my stuff breaks within a year....WHY?
« Reply #16 on: March 13, 2011, 08:47:53 PM »
au contraire...i've been watching and feeling the pain every step of the way...i now make almost 3 times what my father made when i was in high school and he made high union wages...but i can't purchase half of what he could with $20.
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Offline Dichotomy

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Re: All my stuff breaks within a year....WHY?
« Reply #17 on: March 13, 2011, 08:52:09 PM »
Anybody ever stop and think that monetary 'value' is now theoretical and subject to speculation? 
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Offline 1Boner

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Re: All my stuff breaks within a year....WHY?
« Reply #18 on: March 13, 2011, 08:55:24 PM »
Bought an LG (lifes good) 5.1 blueray home theatre set up.

The thing is great!!

When it works.

Getting ready to send it in for repair on Monday for the FOURTH time.

It wasn't that cheap either!!

I've owned this thing for about a year and a half.

Lifes Good!!
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Offline sluggish

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Re: All my stuff breaks within a year....WHY?
« Reply #19 on: March 13, 2011, 08:56:48 PM »
Hopefully you bought a service plan because it is ot of warranty.
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Offline Motherland

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Re: All my stuff breaks within a year....WHY?
« Reply #20 on: March 13, 2011, 09:01:31 PM »
Quote from: Dichotomy on March 13, 2011, 08:52:09 PM
Anybody ever stop and think that monetary 'value' is now theoretical and subject to speculation? 

As opposed to before when the economy collapsed when economic expansion outpaced the production of gold...
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Offline 1Boner

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Re: All my stuff breaks within a year....WHY?
« Reply #21 on: March 13, 2011, 09:05:12 PM »
Quote from: sluggish on March 13, 2011, 08:56:48 PM
Hopefully you bought a service plan because it is ot of warranty.

Labor is not warrantied after 90days!!!!

I paid them 60 bucks to fix it the 1st time.

They've asked for nothing since.

There gotta be some type of lemon law.

Just replaced the original speakers with a Definitive Technologies Pro Series 800 speaker system too!!

Now i have these nice speakers with no blue ray or sound system.
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Offline gyrene81

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Re: All my stuff breaks within a year....WHY?
« Reply #22 on: March 13, 2011, 09:07:42 PM »
Quote from: Motherland on March 13, 2011, 09:01:31 PM
As opposed to before when the economy collapsed when economic expansion outpaced the production of gold...
we produce gold? i thought it was a natural metal like copper and iron...someone finally perfected alchemy.
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Offline Motherland

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Re: All my stuff breaks within a year....WHY?
« Reply #23 on: March 13, 2011, 09:11:57 PM »
Quote from: gyrene81 on March 13, 2011, 09:07:42 PM
we produce gold? i thought it was a natural metal like copper and iron...someone finally perfected alchemy.
On further research, gold magically appears in vaults, it doesn't have to be mined.
Carry on.
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Offline gyrene81

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Re: All my stuff breaks within a year....WHY?
« Reply #24 on: March 13, 2011, 10:19:04 PM »
Quote from: Motherland on March 13, 2011, 09:11:57 PM
On further research, gold magically appears in vaults, it doesn't have to be mined.
Carry on.
lol...if you had said mined or mining production instead of produced i wouldn't have said anything...aside from the fact that you're statement was wrong.

but, please carry on...
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Offline ToeTag

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Re: All my stuff breaks within a year....WHY?
« Reply #25 on: March 14, 2011, 07:47:44 AM »
Geeze Gyrene,

We know what he was saying. Don't pic at his choice of words.  BTW there is gold production in the form of smelting and forming.  So what he said was correct.
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Offline ozrocker

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Re: All my stuff breaks within a year....WHY?
« Reply #26 on: March 14, 2011, 09:12:09 AM »
Ah days when you could go to Mickey D's get a real beef (fed without hormones) burger, fries and a coke.
Give'em a buck and get change.
Gallon of gas -71 cents
City bus ride- 25 cents
Home PC - 79 cents (Abacus,lol)
Pack of smokes -35 cents
33 1/3 record album- $ 5.00
Monthly home phone bill $9.00
4 Finger oz. of Columbian- $20.00


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Offline MrRiplEy[H]

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Re: All my stuff breaks within a year....WHY?
« Reply #27 on: March 14, 2011, 09:27:52 AM »
Quote from: 1Boner on March 13, 2011, 08:55:24 PM
Bought an LG (lifes good) 5.1 blueray home theatre set up.

The thing is great!!

When it works.

Getting ready to send it in for repair on Monday for the FOURTH time.

It wasn't that cheap either!!

I've owned this thing for about a year and a half.

Lifes Good!!

There must be a reason why some jokingly call LG with letters 'EL' and 'GEE' which sounds awfully lot like the dialect word 'elkee' which in turn means 'DO NOT' lol.
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Offline Ex-jazz

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Re: All my stuff breaks within a year....WHY?
« Reply #28 on: March 14, 2011, 09:37:07 AM »
Designed life time of the product.

More sales, profits & waists.

Our child and so on will be very proud of us  :ahand




 
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Re: All my stuff breaks within a year....WHY?
« Reply #29 on: March 14, 2011, 09:42:32 AM »
Quote from: ToeTag on March 13, 2011, 12:52:09 PM
Anyone notice that items you buy and expect to last a few years before needing maintenance (not replacement) usually breaks within a year.  Then you look at the country of origin and it says China.  I might be a little extreme here but if you spend money on something and it breaks just after warranty it makes my dollar worth less.  What happened to quality items?  (My examples are) I bought several door knobs and a ceiling fan for our back patio (screened in and covered).  The fan does not spin anymore and yes it was an out door fan.  The door knobs no longer work and it has been only a year.  I'm talking about door knobs that maybe get used 10 times a year.  Secondly we had a son 6 months ago. We bought a $250.00 stroller and the dang thing is already broken and the wheels are about to fall off.  Sold by a European company and (wait for it.....) made in China.

Should we just start boycotting China and thier inferior manufacturing?    :bhead

I would not buy anything for a child from china.

Made in china = gearbage.
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