tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444943417265873047.post7159827065107267590..comments2022-03-16T20:03:27.327-04:00Comments on Anne Barschall: washing machine failure Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444943417265873047.post-3284689792860499692019-01-18T01:43:38.125-05:002019-01-18T01:43:38.125-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Smartwordinfohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11986364400299391295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444943417265873047.post-58357561740304200792013-08-08T23:57:36.106-04:002013-08-08T23:57:36.106-04:00We should write about the lowering of standards. I...We should write about the lowering of standards. It's everywhere, and I don't like it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444943417265873047.post-9714729623271093102013-08-08T17:22:15.275-04:002013-08-08T17:22:15.275-04:00Thanks for your comments Screech. I completely ag...Thanks for your comments Screech. I completely agree with you.aebarschallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08775327631769268095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444943417265873047.post-6000333976579585042013-08-08T12:06:05.367-04:002013-08-08T12:06:05.367-04:00To add to this let me also say we are being charge...To add to this let me also say we are being charged different prices at different times and we now have to negotiate prices, something that did not go on in the US. <br /><br />In the US you always knew that what you paid for that box of detergent at Kmart was the same as what the last customer paid. You didn't need to be on your guard, prepared to negotiate at all times as if you were buying a used car. <br /><br />AT&T, DirecTV, any cable or cellphone company, you name it. They raise and lower their prices on a daily basis. If you don't like it you can negotiate. Sometimes. <br /><br />Just like at the Bizarre in Tehran, which has been there for 6,000 years. <br /><br />It's as if the Persian rug merchants have taken over our country. <br /><br />How long until we have to negotiate the price of chicken with the butcher? I don't want that here. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444943417265873047.post-76145903520117227892013-08-08T12:00:48.809-04:002013-08-08T12:00:48.809-04:00Our forefathers who made your old washing machine,...Our forefathers who made your old washing machine, the one that lasted 20 years:<br /><br />Those engineers would rather die that sell you a machine that would fail you. They built them to last. They had pride, standards. <br /><br />Contrast that to today where these machines fail in a few years requiring you to buy a new one, likely from them. They know this. They have a spreadsheet and they have focus groups to determine how soon a failure customers will accept. <br /><br />The equipment is dramatically more expensive, is specifically designed to fail in a few years and all in all this is much less satisfactory than it was years ago. <br /><br />It's a gradual lowering of standards in our society. And it pervades our society, you see it everywhere today. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com