When Cheap Is Good
By minisam
@miniam (9154)
Bern, Switzerland
October 18, 2016 4:38pm CST
Over 15 years ago l bought a 1.5 Liter water cooker( dont know what you call it at your place).
It cost me less than $20 and l was expecting it to stop working in a month, l have been using it every single day since then and it has been going strong,no problems at all.
Last week it stopped working and i feel sad,it has served me so well ,im going to buy the same brand.
Have you bought anything so cheap but it served you as well? what was it?
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@crossbones27 (48480)
• Mojave, California
19 Oct 16
Love when that happens. I bought a Sanyo TV from Walmart and that thing lasted about 16 years. Never expected anything from Walmart to last more than a couple of years let alone 16. I wonder if Walmart still sells those TV's. Pretty sure the company loves that their products break after a couple of years that way people have to go shopping again.
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@crossbones27 (48480)
• Mojave, California
19 Oct 16
@miniam I just looked and they are still out there at Walmart.
Their new ones seem to have poor ratings though. I guess they started making them to Walmarts liking or I just got lucky with that one TV. lol
Their new ones seem to have poor ratings though. I guess they started making them to Walmarts liking or I just got lucky with that one TV. lol@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
19 Oct 16
True, most companies will tell you they want to produce quality products but deep down they hope their product dont last more than 5 years.
Sanyo? these have not been in the shops like forever, l only remember sanyo from when i was a kid
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@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
19 Oct 16
@crossbones27
They make them so you can only use for a few years,otherwise they will not make enough profit selling new ones
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
19 Oct 16
It served you for so long. Yes, I also have some appliances or things that last for so long and happy for it.
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@CoolPeace (1566)
• Miami, Florida
20 Oct 16
I bought cheap pens from the dollar tree store and worked as good as the name brand pens.
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@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
20 Oct 16
@CoolPeace
We dont have dollar tree here,but we sometimes find deals,rare but comes
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@CoolPeace (1566)
• Miami, Florida
20 Oct 16
@miniam. The dollar tree is awesome. If you can still use the things and you can keep them for years.
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
19 Oct 16
it looks like a kettle, what we call takore, for boiling water. we have old electric fans that still work. our rice cooker is also pretty old. i hope the brand and model is still available so you can buy it again.
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@yukimori (10143)
• United States
18 Oct 16
If your picture is similar to what you bought, it's what we would call a tea kettle. 
I think the most comparable purchase I've made had to be our first rice cooker. It lasted us about 10 years, although I only paid about $15 for it. We replaced it with an identical one last year, and it broke within a month. The replacement for that one lasted two weeks, so we gave up altogether and purchased a more expensive one from another store. That one's still doing well, thankfully!
I think the most comparable purchase I've made had to be our first rice cooker. It lasted us about 10 years, although I only paid about $15 for it. We replaced it with an identical one last year, and it broke within a month. The replacement for that one lasted two weeks, so we gave up altogether and purchased a more expensive one from another store. That one's still doing well, thankfully!1 person likes this
