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					Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist  With the exception of furniture, is that even true? And even with furniture, it's a function of consumer demanding low price, not a grand conspiracy to make something last less time. 
 Honestly, what incentive does a company competing with many others have to make an inferior product?
 
 And what appliances today last less than before?
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Vehicles today have lot's of plastic as opposed to the crome bumpers of my first vehicle. They crack and break easy causing higher insurance costs and repairs. Today it doesn't take much of a collision to write off a vehicle.