I'm late to the game here, but he Maytag washer and dryer I bought in 1976 are both still working fine--made with actual metal and capable of receiving replacement parts. But those parts, the repairman tells me, are soon going to run out! So 47 years of use of two products, rather than buying replacements every 5-7 years--meaning buying …
I'm late to the game here, but he Maytag washer and dryer I bought in 1976 are both still working fine--made with actual metal and capable of receiving replacement parts. But those parts, the repairman tells me, are soon going to run out!
So 47 years of use of two products, rather than buying replacements every 5-7 years--meaning buying 6-7 replacements, which would have had to be sourced, manufactured, and the old ones thrown out to the land fill. Then we have "shrinkflation."
I'm late to the game here, but he Maytag washer and dryer I bought in 1976 are both still working fine--made with actual metal and capable of receiving replacement parts. But those parts, the repairman tells me, are soon going to run out!
So 47 years of use of two products, rather than buying replacements every 5-7 years--meaning buying 6-7 replacements, which would have had to be sourced, manufactured, and the old ones thrown out to the land fill. Then we have "shrinkflation."