The problem today is that most things ARE broken or are about to break. Due to shoddy craftsmanship and inferior products (need I mention the "C" word) our world is falling apart. I recently purchased a 3 pack of household scissors and an electric pencil sharpener at Staples. I came home and found that the scissors did not cut and the pencil sharpener did not sharpen. I couldn't believe it... granted they were both inexpensive, but come on, not even able to work on the first try! At a previous time, I would have trashed both and when I had some time, I would have gone back to purchase a higher quality, more expensive product. But now that things have changed for me (financially) I took both back to the store to get a refund. I began to look at the options that I had and tried to find products that were "Made in USA"
Help! I couldn't find any. What are we to do... continue throwing our money away on "dollar store" items that are sold in the general retail market and masquerading as quality items?
I'm going to go "garage sale" shopping.. perhaps then I can find items made in that long ago era when things actually worked well and were built to last.
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