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> Everything is getting too expensive, and the only reason we don't feel this too much just yet, is because often times cheaper alternatives where available. D
by seneca 5y ago
> Everything is getting too expensive, and the only reason we don't feel this too much just yet, is because often times cheaper alternatives where available.
Dead on. It's pressure from both sides, so to speak. Not only are we paying more for goods, the goods themselves are declining in quality.
Furniture is a great example. Another is home appliances. Refrigerators, washers and driers etc have absolutely tanked in quality.
We are getting less for more money, but inflation only counts half of that.
- mfer 5y ago> Furniture is a great example. Another is home appliances. Refrigerators, washers and driers etc have absolutely tanked in quality. We also have a tendency to replace them when broken for simple things. When I tell people I repaired or had someone repair an appliance in my house they are often surprised. They just think of tossing it and getting something new. Repair isn't even on their mind unless their part of one of the older generations.
- kube-system 5y agoCost-engineered home appliances just didn’t exist in the mid 20th century. Appliances were luxury goods. The average clothes dryer in 1950 was very reliable because it was a clothesline. The fact that we fix them now is because affordable options exist. And the fact that many people throw them away instead of investing in a repair on their vacuum is because they’re now cheap enough that the labor doesn’t make sense to spend on it.