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Evil Chris · 06-26-2006, 07:49 PM

What a disposable society we live in.
Ever notice that there are no more "fix it" shops anymore?

Who goes to get anything repaired or fixed now? Nobody. Something breaks... you throw it away and get a new one. I've got this $400 cell phone with all sorts of bullshit gadgets on it and eventually (sooner than later), it's going to break. In the trash it goes because it's going to cost me more to get it repaired than it would be to buy a new one. I know it makes more money but at my fucking cost. Stupid.

I have an old rotary telephone that was in use when I was my son's age. It sat on a little telephone desk in my grand-parents house. I'd estimate that it's been around since the early sixties. It works perfectly, and I'm sure it will still work when my son's grand-kids find it and play with it.

Trixxxia · 06-26-2006, 07:56 PM

Out with the old in with the new - It's the way the world goes around nowadays

Oh well.

As for your phone - I think I read on a Montreal Cell Phone forum that every Purolator pick-up center has a collection box for old cellphones.

AmateurFlix · 06-26-2006, 08:01 PM

It's disgusting when you think about all the waste.

When that rotary phone was made and sold the money from it went back into the community where it was sold and to a US manufacturer who made it. Those monies went to US workers and US part suppliers and so on... one big continuous cycle of money changing hands within the same community. If something had happened to it some local person would have made a little money from fixing it too.

Now when a phone (or almost any other device of that kind) is sold, the only people making significant money from it locally is the retailer. The rest of the money ends up going back to china or malyasia etc and circulating around over there.

So the majority of the money goes overseas and what stays here is future landfill material.

This nation is paying for, literally, garbage to be imported.

Matt-RevShare · 06-26-2006, 08:01 PM

Its a societal thing. We all value the latest and greatest.

While we could get things fixed, its always the lure of the next hot feature that drives us to the store.

Matt

Trixxxia · 06-26-2006, 08:08 PM

Instant gratification - that's what we crave. We buy something and within 6 months max, there's something faster/better/sleeker or it's no longer in.

biftek · 06-26-2006, 08:26 PM

well i don't mind the way society has good , i get some good equipment that needs little repair , fix it up then sell it off

blazi · 06-26-2006, 08:27 PM

now that you mention it, very true, good point Evil Chris!!

Madame0120 · 06-26-2006, 09:39 PM

We have to be a disposible society .. lots of ppl to keep employeed.

Fixin' to hit 300 Million in the US.

madawgz · 06-26-2006, 09:42 PM

sure why not? if something breaks it should be thrown away and a new one should be bought

Mike AI · 06-26-2006, 09:45 PM

You are looking at this from the wrong end... I guess you guys are upset about not needing riding crops any longer either.

Mr. Romance · 06-26-2006, 09:46 PM

makes sense unfortunatley..

Mr. Romance

Madame0120 · 06-26-2006, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Romance

makes sense unfortunatley..

Mr. Romance

Just logic, no? For me there is this line of over indulgence. You got the green to spoil yourself? Do it! But if its the electric bill, or getting your nails done.

Da da daaa!

Though I could expound on the subject of my generation - and the Lessons we never got, I'll spare you.

Madame0120 · 06-26-2006, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike AI

You are looking at this from the wrong end... I guess you guys are upset about not needing riding crops any longer either.

We don't need no stinkin' crops!

A spoon will do!

Evil Chris · 06-27-2006, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madame0120

We don't need no stinkin' crops!

A spoon will do!

LOL... whoa! It appears a spoon works out quite well!

06-26-2006, 07:49 PM	#1
Evil Chris OG Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: 3rd from the Sun Posts: 13,235	Disposable society What a disposable society we live in. Ever notice that there are no more "fix it" shops anymore? Who goes to get anything repaired or fixed now? Nobody. Something breaks... you throw it away and get a new one. I've got this $400 cell phone with all sorts of bullshit gadgets on it and eventually (sooner than later), it's going to break. In the trash it goes because it's going to cost me more to get it repaired than it would be to buy a new one. I know it makes more money but at my fucking cost. Stupid. I have an old rotary telephone that was in use when I was my son's age. It sat on a little telephone desk in my grand-parents house. I'd estimate that it's been around since the early sixties. It works perfectly, and I'm sure it will still work when my son's grand-kids find it and play with it. __________________ It PAYZE to post on GFY chris at payze.com \| Skype chriswrp

06-26-2006, 08:01 PM	#3
AmateurFlix Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 7,762	It's disgusting when you think about all the waste. When that rotary phone was made and sold the money from it went back into the community where it was sold and to a US manufacturer who made it. Those monies went to US workers and US part suppliers and so on... one big continuous cycle of money changing hands within the same community. If something had happened to it some local person would have made a little money from fixing it too. Now when a phone (or almost any other device of that kind) is sold, the only people making significant money from it locally is the retailer. The rest of the money ends up going back to china or malyasia etc and circulating around over there. So the majority of the money goes overseas and what stays here is future landfill material. This nation is paying for, literally, garbage to be imported. __________________

06-26-2006, 08:01 PM	#4
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06-26-2006, 09:39 PM	#8
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06-26-2006, 07:56 PM	#2
Trixxxia Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 5,600	Out with the old in with the new - It's the way the world goes around nowadays Oh well. As for your phone - I think I read on a Montreal Cell Phone forum that every Purolator pick-up center has a collection box for old cellphones.

06-26-2006, 08:08 PM	#5
Trixxxia Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 5,600	Instant gratification - that's what we crave. We buy something and within 6 months max, there's something faster/better/sleeker or it's no longer in.

06-26-2006, 08:26 PM	#6
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06-26-2006, 09:46 PM	#11
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