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The unfixable 8000 dollar stove; Shame on Aga and the

The unfixable 8000 dollar stove; Shame on Aga and the Rayburn.

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  1. Once one gets away with it, it's only a matter of time until it becomes industry standard practice and we have companies everywhere trying to sponsorblock innocent void cats

  2. All down to poor regulation. The EU have/are bringing in pro-repair regulations. National politicians however, are corrupted by big business too much.

  3. Ok. I've got a few years more than you. But I remember the days a new TV came with schematics. We spent days injecting the video signals for payTV in the right spot.

  4. Capitalism at it's finest.

    To be honest, outside of older cars, I didn't think anyone was even repairing anything. Cause why allow people to repair if you can just force your suppliers to not sell to anyone other than you, and therefore force people to buy another one of your shitty products or repair their current one for almost as much as a new one costs.

    It's the dream business model, and it only works because people are too weak to rebel these days. Too many years fattening up our asses living comfortable lives to bother fighting for customer rights. Corporate greed knows no bounds and we'll be living in cyberpunk 2077 before we even hit '77

  5. Hey Louis, how about starting a new certification for products… lets call it "LR Seal of Approval". Companies would need to provide a written guarantee that parts will be available for a certain number of years, and after that they continue to either provide parts, or the full specification for the parts becomes available, allowing a 3rd party to make them? I would certainly look for products with such a promise.

  6. Long time follower of your right to repair journey, I was wondering when you were gonna stumble upon the same sort of nonsense that domestic appliance manufacturers are up to. I work in appliance repair and it's a major issue in some instances.

  7. This is why the world needs copyright infringement. Go to Shenzhen, someone will sell you a clone of that MacBook mobo chip. Just like someone in Ukraine will sell you a cracked John Deere tractor software. We need these "notorious markets" countries that make these clones.

  8. My brother works in outsourced customer support and hooo-boy.

    About 10 years ago these extremely high end induction cooktops came out. Completely non serviceable but with innate faults that caused them to fail in the same way. It was my Stepbrother's job to tell these customers over the phone that their 15000+ dollar appliance was cooked, no this was not covered by warranty and the only solution was to 'Buy a New One(tm)'

  9. Words to live by in this age: if it is “high end” stay away. Never buy anything that requires a software/firmware update for repair or ongoing use. The only exceptions are computers, printers, smart phones and those FitBit watch things, if you must. Yes, this means finding a vehicle that predates software fixes. You will be fine.

  10. Ownership of any product has become SaaS; Software as a Service. Everyone is forced to live from paycheck to paycheck, every penny you take home is allocated before you put it in your pocket. That way they can exercise maximum control over you.

  11. Life For Rent; At least when you're renting, something goes wrong, you walk away. In this case you pay upfront, anything goes wrong is on you and then be forced to replace through planned obsolescence.

  12. I bought a side by side Kitchenaid freezer and fridge for $1300 total. Added a pedestal and frame for $300. Now have an equivalent side by side freezer and fridge worth $5000. People overpay easily 3x because they are suckers.

  13. I have a 90s or ealy 2000 GE coil stove. Every part for that damn thing is on Amazon. I have already replaced an oven burner, coil, and control knob thingy.

  14. The Happy Merchants have been screwing consumers over for the last two-thousand years. Louis Rossmann isn’t the first in a long line of brilliant spokesmen for the everyday consumer, and he won’t be the last because we will continue to let them screw us over from now until the end of time.

  15. I have a gas furnace from the 70's that the only thing I have done is replace the motor and bearings in the blower in 17 years. All generic parts, simple 1/3 hp motor, generic thermocuple, fan limit switch you can buy on Amazon, no electronincs; stuff that would make energy energy efficiency advocates have a heart attack. Previous gas guy I used to use, "Hey good to see this old thing still going, keep it going until it dies. It might be inefficient but cheap to fix as he grumbles about how nobody fixes things anymore and newer stuff will never last this long.". He retires and sells his business. New guy "That thing is old, I can give you a deal on a new one, it's not repairable (other words for I don't know how to work on anything older than me or have a desire to).". My way of looking at it is if something is safe and serviceable keep it going. That has to count for something. I feel that a lot of these new fancy devices including some EV automobiles will not be around 20 years from now.

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