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Not really related to the GPT-3 thing, which seems cool, but a point of confusion and / or criticism: > if warranty = lifetime, then price/expected lifetime T
by bscphil 6y ago
Not really related to the GPT-3 thing, which seems cool, but a point of confusion and / or criticism:
> if warranty = lifetime, then price/expected lifetime
The #4 item showing for me is a tape measure, which costs $20 and has an estimated monthly cost of $.28. That means you are estimating this tape measure with a lifetime warranty will only last 6 years.
The #3 item showing for me is an iron skillet, which costs $180 and has an estimated monthly cost of $.25. That means you are estimating this skillet with a lifetime warranty will last 60 years.
Later on down the list you have another cast iron skillet, which cost $20 and has an estimated monthly cost of $.29. This means you are estimating this skillet will last less than 6 years. I happen to own this skillet. It's made of solid iron. I promise you no one who is taking care of this thing at all is going to see less than 10 years of use out of it. I plan to hang on to mine for decades.
What's the basis for this estimation? Pretty much every one I've seen seems completely random and mostly unjustified. E.g. if my tape measure with a lifetime warranty breaks after 5 years I'm definitely taking it in for a free replacement, so what's the deal here? (My high quality tape measures have never broken that quickly anyway.)
All that said I think the implementation of "badges" was really neat and what I can see of the GPT reviews so far look pretty good (although I'm a bit worried that scraping certain review sites may lead to a garbage in, garbage out problem). I'll be checking out your site again in the future.
- gjs278 6y agoin 10 years from now we will all agree the cast iron skillet enthusiasts were some of the most annoying. make sure you guys put it in the dishwasher to make it last awhile. avoid getting oil or salt on it, that rusts the iron. and definitely don’t scrub it, you’ll get iron filings in your food.