• Manufacturers build item with shit quality.
• Price is marked up for max profit margin.
• Garbage item breaks.
• Replacement parts =/= cost effective.
• Cost effective to just buy new item.
• Amazon sells 3rd party replacement parts.
• Fuck engineered obsolescence.

Reference: I'm not the only one with a microwave handle that disintegrated due to brittle plastic and came off in my hand.

My dad would argue "well it's how they keep the cost down. If you got X time amount of usage from said product then it cost you Y dollars per year."

No.

A fucking microwave should last a lifetime. So should cars. So should tools. It should be an investment.

Building complete dogshit quality and marking up the profit margin to 90% + over cost and still calling it "cheap?" Kiss my fucking ass. This microwave probably cost them $30 to manufacture. $400+ retail price. And the fucking handle falls off. Ok. https://www.ajmadison.com/cgi-bin/ajmadison/FMV156DC.html

@Frigidaire This thread is dedicated to you.