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Originally Posted by seabee
Only 3 ? And you think it's extraordinary ? My grand parents had the same TV set for 20 years ! And the same fridge for 40 years (still ok when replaced, but the sealing was disintegrating).
On the other way, I had a Sony TV set that had a component failure (a power transistor, I saw it when it was repaired at my home) just before the end of the 5 years extended warranty I paid for, and again one year later (out of warranty, replaced it with a low cost one that is still ok 10 years after).
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Yes, but they were not replaced because of failures, just upgrades. The 28" CRT model that I replaced with my current LCD one I passed onto my nephew, and that is still going strong.
I suppose anything can fail and conversely anything can last a lifetime, so perhaps the saying does not hold up with consumer goods.
But I'm a craftsman by trade and there is no way would I ever dream of buying cheap tools, they just don't last and the majority of them are not worth the money.
I am using tools I bought 30+ years ago that would have needed to have been replaced many times if I had bought cheap ones.