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Historic NY

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4. Its even worse today...

Reply to BWdem4life (Original post)

Tue Sep 13, 2022, 08:47 AM

Sep 2022

I miss the days of real hardware stores that knew what a watch a ma call it was. I was repairing a late 19th century table the was wobbly mostly from the glue drying out but also the economy of brass screws. Today we have some assembly required designed to fail products.

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Made in Taiwan ... Repaired in U.S. [View all] BWdem4life Sep 2022 OP

Back 20 years ago or so.... OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #1

Alas! Because the bean counters figured that that 70 cents was a significant cost in the manufacturi keithbvadu2 Sep 2022 #2

Short term profit (extra $.70 per unit!) OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #3

Its even worse today... Historic NY Sep 2022 #4

good job democratic2021 Oct 2022 #5