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agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• tempest@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lol 1000 doesn’t even get you half way to a speed Queen. You just get the same low end shit except it’s got app or screen that with show you add eventually.

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  • BorgDrone@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My Miele was €1500, and they are known to be super reliable. They engineer for at least a 20 year life span.

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  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think I paid around $1200 for my Maytag commercial, not one single problem in the last 5ish years.

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• sahin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I am ready to give that money, if the device will last for 50 years. But it is really hard to rely on the machines. Even the best ones may break after a few years.

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• enumerator4829@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I wonder how much that high cost could be reduced by modern manufacturing. Same/similar designs, but modern tooling and logistics.

  I mean, they did not have CNC mills back then.

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  • kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You are paying more for materials and labor though especially RnD

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• JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s literally how much they cost now and they last 10 years or maybe 15

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  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There are tons of models out there that cost half that much. Sure, there are fancy ones with wifi and touch screens you can spend $1000+ on, but a basic washer is like $4-600.

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    • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And there were tons of ones back in the day that didn’t cost that much either.

      Surprise, cheap stuff existed then too, it just didn’t survive like the expensive appliances.

      The difference is now the expensive stuff ALSO barely lasts at all.

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      • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Sure it does, you just have to buy the stuff that’s expensive because it’s quality, not expensive because it has WiFi and touchscreens and stuff.

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• Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You could get something like this

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• avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I paid 1K for a Whirlpool 6620.

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