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A place to share practical, durable and quality made products that are made to last, with an emphasis on upcycled and sustainable products!

Guidelines:

Things that are well-made and durable (even if they won't last a lifetime) are A-Okay!

Unlike that other BIFL place, Home-made and DIY items are encouraged here, as long as some form of instruction is included in the body of the post.

Videos links are not allowed as post titles, but you may use them in a text post.

A limited amount of self-promotion is accepted, IF the item you are selling aligns with this criteria:

The item must be made with sustainable or recycled materials.
If electronic in some way, the item must be open-source.
The item must be user-serviceable (if applicable).
You cannot be a large corporation.
The post must be clearly marked with a [Self Promotion] tag in your title.

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submitted 9 months ago by dontblink@feddit.it to c/buyitforlife@slrpnk.net

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After spending 200$ for a supposedly premium Philips blender which broke in less than one year after having been sent to assistance, having parts replaced and broken again, been repaired by me and after I spent thousands of swear and curses, I am really this ' ' close to smashing it with an hammer and crucifying it to scare the other Philips products away from my kitchen.

Since those were 200$ wasted, and my parents and grandparents kitchen stuff worked sometimes for 30 years before breaking, where can I get my grandparents gear? Should I just resort to smashing vegetables and fruits by hand with stones?

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[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago

Lol, of course you can do without things. However, having tools to create food and enjoy food is also something that makes people happy. It sounds like your solution to blending things os not a knife and spoon, but to not blend. That's fine, if you don't like blended things, but clearly even your family does, so you shouldn't try to impose your values on other people who like it. This sub is clearly not about materialism and is about good value items that last a long time with repeated use and are repairable. So you're probably lost.

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