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[–] EleventhHour 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (27 children)

Really? How can a company make terrible appliances for a single country? They’re not made domestically.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Same factory just send the units that normally wouldn't be sellable (defects and such) but still function to the US

[–] grue 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You say that, but my experience is different. After my Samsung washing machine failed, I took it apart and found blatant evidence of planned obsolescence. If the units elsewhere are good, then the ones in the US aren't just the same things with defects, but rather ones with spider arms cast from an entirely different metal alloy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Fair enough, I was just guessing at a way one country could receive only/mostly inferior products

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