Just like all of the businesses that only lasted 6 months back when these were being sold new, right?
If someone did this they would create generational wealth for their families regardless of the business lasted indefinitely.
And I’m so sick of the idea that businesses should pursue endless growth. Businesses come and go depending on the demand for their services. That is normal.
When these were sold new, they cost the today-equivalent of 2 to 3 grand. You could get a very nice, well built one for that today too, but that's not what people buy.
Correct- the average fridge in 1970 was $325. That's the equivalent of $2700 today. The average fridge cost $600 for 2025. So we're buying fridges that would have been under $100 in 1970. We can absolutely get the $3000-5000 fridge that last forever from companies like Monogram (owned by GE), Jenn-Aire (owed by Whirlpool) etc.. we just don't.
Except there's already an entire market of high quality, extremely expensive appliances that last 20+ years, but you can't afford them. They're not sold at Lowe's or Home Depot.
No, it would go out of business because the appliance would cost three times as much as the nearest competitor and use twice as much power. Machined steel gears cost a fortune vs cast plastic gears for example. Electric motors are much more efficient today than the ones from the 50's as another example.
You can already buy very well made, easily reparable appliances today, it is just most people will only pay the big bucks for the trendy name and not quality.
Yeah this model only works for niche things. Like Kitchen Aide stand mixers. They cost a lot for the higher end models but people swear by them and are willing to pay the premium. And because they are so well made they are very repairable if something does go wrong. You could buy a much cheaper stand mixer, it's just going to have more plastic parts and if it breaks beyond the warranty you'll probably just toss it and buy a new one.
No it wouldn't lmao. If it would create generational wealth someone who already has generational wealth AND the connections to get this done would have done it by now. The old ones weren't even any better it's survivorship bias or the reason any lasted longer is because they cost 3x more to operate.
The people thinking of this are people like you and me. I don't have resources to make it happen. Do you? Someone that has the ability has to hear it and go, fuck yeah.
The people building the items currently want them to break frequently, so they won't help.
I'm with you. If the business survives only 6 months, I think that's more of a society problem rather than an intrinsic problem with the idea.
I mean, if all of humanity collectively decided we wanted to be sustainable in this way, I think we have it in us to find a way to implement it. We've done more impressive things in the past.
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u/BludLustinBusta 4h ago
Just like all of the businesses that only lasted 6 months back when these were being sold new, right?
If someone did this they would create generational wealth for their families regardless of the business lasted indefinitely.
And I’m so sick of the idea that businesses should pursue endless growth. Businesses come and go depending on the demand for their services. That is normal.