I am not happy. Recently I have been having absolute terrible luck on products I've purchased It started off with a $250 socket set. I opened the set and realized one of the sockets were missing all markings on it. They clearly forgot to paint the size of the socket in factory. I was able to contact costumer support and they did send me a new socket with the proper labeling on it Next I bought a $2000 cable machine for my home gym. It came in 5 boxes. One of the boxes were wrong so I had to deal with customer support to get the proper box sent. After over a month from the date I made the order I finally had everything and assembled the machine. Well the instructions weren't impressive. There were typos in it and I'm pretty sure there was an error in assembly causing me to put the wrong washer in the wrong place. I've seen pictures of the machine on their website and seen pictures of all sorts of reviews and everyone has these particular washers in different locations. I did what the instructions showed but I believe they're wrong. Either way it's a couple washers. Hopefully it's nothing critical to the longevity of the pullup bar. There was also one completely striped screw. I screw it in and it does nothing but spin. Lastly the pulley housings on most of the pulleys are welded crooked. The packaging was done very well so I highly doubt this was a shipping error. There also seems to be no damage at all on the pulleys. They're all just welded sideways. Some worse than others and a couple that are actually done properly Next I bought a $3000 gaming pc. I opted to buy a prebuilt one this time since I now live in an isolated location. I have limited shipping options and a ton of stuff simply doesn't come here. I can't even order Amazon for the most part. Anyway I open it up and notice one of the mounting screws on the motherboard is completely missing and another one of these screws is cross threaded. Even worse I can't take it out since it spins endlessly. The instructions also came in French with no English copy so I had to translate it with AI and the wifi antenna on the instructions is not what was shipped in the box. I yet to turn this thing on. God only knows if it'll melt or burn down the house. It's also difficult to try and return this since the closest store is 7 hours away and trying to repackage this and mail it instead is a huge pain in the a$$ Am I unlucky or is this the new normal? Everything costs more than ever, salaries don't keep up and on top of it all these products are garbage. There's no quality assurance anymore, it seems like workers nowadays couldn't give two sh$ts and who's left with the aftermath? I'm tired of companies cutting corners, producing trash and charging the moon for services. It's ridiculous. Even in my workplace. We bought several brand new vehicles and they're all lemons. What about fast food? I recently bought food items from several different locations. I get egg shells in breakfast sandwiches, hair in other things and bones in others. It's insane. No one has pride in work anymore. There should be no reason why things that cost 1000s have all these issues. It's not like I'm buying cheap crap
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MissG @let_it_ride · 2dEdited
I seriously could have written a very similar post a few months ago when I made quite a few purchases for my patio oasis. Missing parts, missing instructions, mixed up parts. Some were resolved and others I spent all summer trying to resolve and got nowhere. New washing machine that we waited almost a month to receive, set it up and it leaked on the first use. Had to exchange it and wait another month. I feel your frustration. We are 3.5 hours away from the nearest city/costco, so feel that pain as well. Profit over everything. People don’t want to do their jobs either it seems. Everywhere I go, workers are just staring at their phones. It’s actually wild. Quality control and quality assurance seems non-existent these days. I spent a lot of my career doing exactly that and so my standards are high. That being said, we now order everything we can from Costco because at least it can easily be returned/exchanged as needed.
Sarah Giver@staystronggiver · 2dEdited
I am sorry, this sounds awful and is especially annoying and such a pain given how far you are (location wise). I feel like everything is valued engineered to the point of it being disposable. Clothing brands I once bought for longevity are now not lasting more than a few washes. I looked it up online and sure enough the company was bought out by private equity, so they probably just opted to make things as cheap as possible and rely on the brand name. Having egg shells in a sandwich is wild though, it worries me because not following proper safety protocols could make people seriously ill from food poisoning. You are so right that people are strapped for cash and struggling and we don't need things to break down, it just adds insult to injury.
Kyle Jones@investwithkyle · 2d
My ninja creami broke 3rd spin LOL
Ian S@ian_s · 3d
Brutal stretch! Real quality control failures on expensive purchases seems to be more common than not. Super frustrating!
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