[hemaljshah]

I hate hearing about these stories from manufactures, it totally kills their rep for me to ever trust them again. Why do companies go against just building solid products, even if it costs a little more money. It's exactly how Apple has gotten away with charging premium dollars for similar hardware - build quality always wins.

[Omniusaspirer]

Nothing is more aggravating than planned obsolescence in appliances. Just sell me a good product that will last 30+ year with basic maintenance. I'll happily pay literally up to 5x the price you charge for your 5 year lifetime (if I'm lucky) piece of shit. Hell, I'll probably buy the replacement parts from you besides so it's not like you're completely losing my business.

[bitJericho]

Because nobody buys 100 dollar toasters.

[Omniusaspirer]

I would if it came with an assurance/warranty for the next 30 years from a company I didn't think would go bankrupt before then.

[bitJericho]

If that were actually true they would be making them.

(And they do make them, they're commercial quality equipment and they're easy to find. Consumer's don't want to pay the big bucks for this stuff. Not even you, or you'd go find it.)

[Omniusaspirer]

I have looked into these things, sadly commercial dishwashers aren't viewed as being suitable for residential purposes. Toasters perhaps, I'll confess to having not looked into those yet. Washing machine and dryer I do plan to buy commercial most likely as soon as the need arises and I don't live in a place with laundry provided.

I'm not exaggerating when I say I'm fine with paying for these things, I've learned time and time again that I'm better off paying more for a quality product than getting the cheapest thing I can possibly find.

[bitJericho]

Me too. If I'm buying cheap it's cuz I'm poor atm!