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In France, the non profit organisation Envie is doing exactly that. It also employs long term unemployed to teach them a trade, it runs similarly as Emmaus. I b
by Glawen 6y ago
In France, the non profit organisation Envie is doing exactly that. It also employs long term unemployed to teach them a trade, it runs similarly as Emmaus. I buy stuff there because of what they do with unemployed people, but I am not sure they turn a profit.
Honestly speaking, it is hard for them to compete with cheap chinese white goods, their used goods are just a tad cheaper than brand new chinese goods.
Check out https://www.envie.org/ https://www.envie.org/
- bserge 6y agoInteresting, non-profit? Yeah tbf training technicians for appliance repair isn't that hard. People just need some basic knowledge and willingness to learn. 6-12 months is enough to turn anyone with basic capabilities into a decent repair engineer. But you also need a well made course and tests. Just my own opinion, used white goods that were once high end will last longer than the cheap new stuff. They just have more thought put into the design, there is no corner cutting like missing components and thinner metal, they're just better built. And they have features that are missing even on the newest cheap models. Haier washers, for example, are a nightmare. They fail catastrophically very often, even the cheapest Bosch will last more. And the parts are simply not available, not new, not refurbished.