Plastic trash bags that I tucked away in an emergency kit disintegrated after less than 10 years. John Ferrell W8CCW "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke http://DixieNC.US ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Richards" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [OT] Attitudes to cheap products > Drives me nuts. > > Apparently plastic bags last 100 years, but I just cant find clothes > pegs to last more than a couple of months. > > I know, built in obsolescence and all but if we cant build descent > pegs instead of producing piles of landfill we dont have a chance. > > > > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Dario Greggio wrote: >> Jinx wrote: >> >>>>longer term purchases I usually spend a little more and get the >>>>appropriate quality. >>> >>> >>> Me too, although with the flood of imports it's getting hard to find >>> quality alternatives. >> >> I've come to thinking that we have a broader choice. We can spend a lot >> for "more robust" products, or a little for "last-one-year" products. >> >> It depends on the final use. >> >> For example, I bought a 21" Sony TV in 1987, for 1.600.000 L (about >> 1000$ in 1987), it has been working for 21 years... >> Now, I've bought a Samsung LCD 22", for 250 EUR... considering the time >> that has passed, this costs about 1/20 of that one (but this is another >> topic). >> >> In any case, I could have possibly spent 700-800 EUR for a Sony >> nowadays... but I'm happy like this and I won't mind spending another >> 250 if this Samsung (not bad firm at all, of course) would break in 2 >> years. >> >> Same goes with other goods, I can say. >> >> -- >> Ciao, Dario >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist