Bound and Gagged by Dana Summers for July 22, 2023

Old joke been done many, many times.

I think my favorites ones were a series of comics that Broom Hilda did many years ago.

I knew it!

Planned obsolescence came around in the early 1960’s if not before.

A car & payments that both lasted about 3 years was fairly standard by the ’70s.

Planned obsolesence has been a Large part of the decline of both Modern Society, and of the planet overall.

As a great man, once said, "Surprise, surprise, surprise!

So, you’re saying that we SHOULD pick up on those Car Warranty phone calls? Who knew??!!

I worked in a tire shop. The tread usually wore out just before the warranty; the customers would always come back to get a few prorated dollars off their next purchase.

Built in obsolescence…

It does seem like that, doesn’t it. I had a Samsung LED screen to died just after the warranty period, to the day. But, to be fair, its replacement, another Samsung and a better model, has lasted well past its warranty period.

That figures! I think they do that with a lot of other things…

After WWII, J. Edward’s Deming taught the Japanese about quality control thus changing manufacturing of cars forever. Just took US auto makers decades to realize they were bring beaten at their own game, but they still seem to love built in obsolescence.

My 27-year-old car says different. So does the hot market for used cars. It was only in the “good old days” that cars died after 3 years or 100,000 miles, whichever came first.

My dad knew how to work on his cars because he had to. I picked up few of those skills because I haven’t needed to do much to my car since I bought it in the 1990s.

We depreciate your business.

And they wonder why the buyers switched to automakers that made cars of better quality and would not fall apart. I had a very crappy domestic made car in the 1980s because my now ex FIL was part owner of a dealership. After the warranty ended I bought a Subaru that I kept for more than ten years and was still going string when I traded it in for another Subaru.

It’s not much of a secret.

Built in obsolescence! This is a true engineered occurrence.

This not so funny as it is Absolutely True, they have testing labs for longevity, parts discarded if they last too long. Word!…

I once bought a car from a “tote-the-note” dealer. Head gasket failure set in within 2 weeks after paying it off.

With less reputable dealers you get what we call a “taillight warranty”, which expires as soon as the dealer can no longer see your taillight. I have only bought one car and got taken badly.

I left Detroit made cars after the 1980’s and several dogs. I’ve had Toyotas since 1991 and never looked back.

Unfortunately, true. Hence, not funny…at all!

Wouldn’t surprise me in many cases