Dennis expounded in
:

Planned obsolescence causes you to purchase new items to
replace the old. ...

It was hard rubbish collection time in our suburb this
week.

.. The other things that stuck
out were hooded BBQ's. Almost every third or fourth house
had one out the front. Cheap chinese crap rusting away,
most only a year or two old. At between $200 and $400 each
its a disgusting waste of money & resources.

When it comes to BBQs, I can understand the need to replace it
from time to time. I never spend big bux on one because I plan
on replacing it every few years anyway. So I don't need no
honkin' Binford-5000 deluxo-bbq to start with.

Who wants a fixed dirty old and rusting BBQ? Usually you end
up having to spend $50 on a replacement carbourator for it in
the spring (bugs like to get in it over winter). But when you
can get a new one for $50 more (or less)?

My wife once bought a toaster when the cashier asked if she
wanted a protection plan for it. She said something to the
effect "Are you kidding me?!?! Why would I want the crummy old
one fixed? I'd rather get a new [clean] one!"

I'm inclined to keep things more than my wife does. But if it
smacks of needing cleaning or has "somebody else's germs on
it" (used), then I've come to know where that is headed. $$

Warren