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COMMENTS:
Voted : Yes: That is a problem
One word: LANDFILL
by mojo on Sat Aug 26, 06 11:43am
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It cost so much for the manual labour charge now that things are now classed as beyond economical repair. We have become a very wasteful world.
Voted : No: That is no problem
To build, package, sell and deliver a new one also creates waste.
^ So we have waste from the old machine AND waste from the new one too??
Who is "they"?
BL: Agreed -- new also entails additional waste. But ... rather than making that 'not a problem,' doesn't that compound the original waste problem?
Voted : Yes: That is a problem
Annoys me no end. When I got this new computer and took on the old one as my own, I looked into potential repair costs for it. Ended up being more than the cost of another new Dell. I've long been aware of the concept of planned obsolecense (sp?), and accepted it as part of the Way of All Things, but that borders on the Reed Oculist.
Part of this is just the 'cost' of labor. as rates go higher and higher, It is more cost effective to replace rather than repair. we also have to look at mass production. Items are simply cheaper to manufacture than they are to repair. Much of this is because so many of our products are obtained from foreign countries with cheap or slave labor.
xhiker: Agreed. However, IMO, this still constitutes a societal 'problem.'
Some components of said refrigerator can and should be taken to a recycler and/or junk dealer.
Voted : Yes: That is a problem
Good question
Voted : Yes: That is a problem
When repair costs exceed replacement costs, it encourages waste in this throw-away world we find ourselves in today...so many things could be engineered to allow more cost effective repairs but it's not happening as it should..
Voted : Yes: That is a problem
something's gotta be wrong with this equation.....
Nope, it's a good thing. In an age where electronics and white goods are mass produced to the point of costing a fraction of what they did a few years ago, who needs the aggro of fixin' shit when you can throw it away and get new? :o)
I replaced the video heads on my mothers video player three or four years ago at the cost of £100. You could buy two new ones for that amount now, isn't it great? Also I get to say 'it's cheaper to buy a new one', when family members harass me to fix their crap. :o)
Voted : Yes: That is a problem
Welcome to the disposable society that is western culture
No it's a problem with GREEDY people.
The business motto since the Reagan years been to "get as much as you can whenever you can and DON'T apologize for it."
GREED is not seen as a bad thing anymore. That's why you have all these CEO's getting outrageous salries and HUGE golden parachutes. 40 years ago they would wouldn't have been tolerated. Now it's seen as just "part of the game."
My AC went down last summer. The guy had to drain the coolant and pressurize the line with air to find the leak. Took him a half hour to do this. The charge was $356.00. A asked him if he was a lawyer or a repairman since I was being charge $700.00 an hour.
In may area they want $1,000 just to cut down a big tree and haul the wood away.
I know a guy who told me he paid $8,000 just to have vinyl fence put up around his normal sized back yard.
When I took my VCR to a Sony service center, the labor rate was $70 and hour. This is standard for electronic repairs. That is why the cost to repair usually exceeds the value of consumer electronics these days.
hey Grapost - Ronald Reagan made greed a virtue. Didn't know anyone else had noticed.
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