[rj45jackattack]

Has anyone noticed how appliances and even consumer electronics tend to lend themselves to having too many models?

I mean that it seems if I bought an LG 30" Range Model ABC in NYC and you bought one in LA, your model is ABC-D.

Manufacturers seem to be constantly changing parts, models, BOMs.

Is this because of just in time production? Different parts at difficult times means different variations?

It makes it IMPOSSIBLE to know which you'll get and which one is being reviewed online.

[mxvzr]

I've noticed this too. I always assumed it was meant to make price comparison more difficult for consumers.

A recent FTC lawsuit [1] made me realize it could also be meant to prevent the seller's platform from doing price comparison ("if Amazon discovers that a seller is offering lower-priced goods elsewhere, Amazon can bury discounting sellers so far down in Amazon’s search results that they become effectively invisible")