(August 1, 2019 at 9:48 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(August 1, 2019 at 9:40 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Not the point.I don't shop at Walmart. Haven't in years.
The point is no matter what you pay for ANYTHING, even with more expensive things, the more complex that object is, the makers will STILL try to make parts as cheap as they can.
There is no reason when you pay $1,400 for ANYTHING that a sliver of metal should cause such a failure. I din't buy it at a dollar store.
The 737 Max Jet crashes were caused for the same fucking reason. CEOs rushing for a buck.
I don't care if you are manufacturing a lawn mower, a cell phone or toilet. If you make it, it should be durable and last. Our planet is fucked up with it's bullshit attitude that "you get what you pay for".
Next time you go to a Walmart, just take notice of all the items, in the 100s of thousands. And know after days, weeks, months and years, those products will end up in a landfill, or worse, in our oceans. Then multiply that one corporate entity, by all other giant corporations worldwide that sell shit.
Do not tell me in your entire life, you have never been upset with the quality of a product.
Lots of large machinery contains small pieces of metal - nuts, bolts, pins, washers, etc. I would be surprised if you had any mechanical aptitude. If you did, you would know that.
It's not fun to have something break down but you have had the mower two years. It's not like the first time you started it up it blew the fuck up. After time and with use things wear out and you live near the ocean so there is also the moisture and salt air. That's going to play hell on small pieces of metal. It's hot there too. That can gum up rubber parts or cause them to dry rot depending on how you store them. I will assume you don't keep it in the living room but probably in a shed that isn't climate controlled.
I also don't know how to program a computer, so I also cant crash a passenger jet with software.
But no sorry, this failure was not my fault. It was bad design.
I have abused plenty of computers and plenty of tools in my life, this was not my fault.
