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Thank you for building failscout. I had a similar web-app-idea after my the computer on my Kenmore dishwasher broke after 13 months of use. My goal was to ide

Thank you for building failscout. I had a similar web-app-idea after my the computer on my Kenmore dishwasher broke after 13 months of use. My goal was to identify products that have a catastrophic failure after an unreasonably short amount of time / pressure the manufacturers into improving quality control. Tangent: I also had an idea for people to log instances of items stolen from their luggage with the goal of identifying airports where this is frequent. I had this idea after flying into Paris and finding my Leatherman multi-tool gone. After some research, I suspect that it wasn't actually stolen, but legally confiscated because it had a knife and France has laws against folding knives.

ethbr0 5y ago
^ This is the kernel. Consumers see some failures. Service-people see all failures, over a statistically-valid popupation size. Be Glassdoor for repair service-professionals. And get the legal shielding / anonymity right. It consistently amazes me how much undocumented knowledge those folks have. "These model Kenmore switches go bad all the time." "The CV joints on these years leak." If you want the real story, find the person repairing the thing all day, every day.
- hedora 5y ago
  Appliance manufacturers in the US have done a lot to combat this in recent years. They bought up many of the US brands, and rotate which ones are garbage so that they can continuously trap unwary customers. Here’s a handy table, to help you avoid the manufacturer of whatever piece of junk you just sent to the landfill: http://www.appliance411.com/purchase/make.shtml http://www.appliance411.com/purchase/make.shtml I just assume the oval "made in america" sticker with the US flag on it implies the item is from that cartel, and is therefore garbage. (Many made in America appliances do not have it!) After that, I double check the list.

ethbr0 5y ago

^ This is the kernel. Consumers see some failures. Service-people see all failures, over a statistically-valid popupation size. Be Glassdoor for repair service-professionals. And get the legal shielding / anonymity right. It consistently amazes me how much undocumented knowledge those folks have. "These model Kenmore switches go bad all the time." "The CV joints on these years leak." If you want the real story, find the person repairing the thing all day, every day.

hedora 5y ago
Appliance manufacturers in the US have done a lot to combat this in recent years. They bought up many of the US brands, and rotate which ones are garbage so that they can continuously trap unwary customers. Here’s a handy table, to help you avoid the manufacturer of whatever piece of junk you just sent to the landfill: http://www.appliance411.com/purchase/make.shtml http://www.appliance411.com/purchase/make.shtml I just assume the oval "made in america" sticker with the US flag on it implies the item is from that cartel, and is therefore garbage. (Many made in America appliances do not have it!) After that, I double check the list.