The two ways of fighting profiteering

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Imagine getting mad someone is taking your employer's trash.

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Lol.

This reminds me of a story my mom told me over the holidays about buying a fancy sweater at Sears one fall. By mid winter the zipper had broken and she went back to Sears but they didn't have a replacement, and she didn't want a refund. They eventually agreed to have her take it to the tailor in the mall for them to replace it, and they would cover the receipt. She did and they did.

Blew my mind. If I honestly thought I could contact Maytag or Bosch and actually get someone on the phone to send me a replacement knob, I might bother. But I've moved past "try to contact the company with a reasonable concern" a long time ago. Which is what they hope for and why they make it time consuming and pointless. I'll take the path of least resistance.

If home Depot goes out of business because of all the stolen knobs, I'll cry myself into Rona every day (I mean that, I hate Rona and I use HD daily)

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Replace them all

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The thief inspired me.

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Hone depot hardly qualifies as "innocent"...

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I’m sure the prison firefighters out in California are real mad about China mastering modern slave labor

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I definitely agree that less plastic = better in general. But if you're going to 3d print stuff, at least this is functional.

And I'm not here to argue. God it is nice to have a civil discussions on social media.

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How much did the printer and materials cost? Or the time to educate on cad and printing?

Just saying, it was likely far more money and time/effort than merely 12 cents.

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I have a hunch that those knobs are just a thin sheet of metal wrapped around a piece of plastic, which would explain why one of the knobs broke off in the first place.

I could be wrong, just a hunch.

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It goes farther than that! The 34$ 5 pack is only that price because its already here in america to be shipped in a day or two. It came from china, where you can order the same thing for 1-5% of the price if you are willing to wait a month to receive it.

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Simplest answer wins, and you could argue its not even stealing when its a display model.

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Fucks given: 0, still not the guy who doesn't know what a meme is

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Lol I think I pissed off people who like to create plastic waste for fun at home

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Sorry if I came off as argumentative. That certainly wasn't my intent.

I was just trying to make the point that this person spent a lot of time and effort to do something subpar with plastic.

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The workers that shit is going to roll down on are

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How will it "roll down" on the workers?

Why do you think floor models sell for cheap?

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Do you think the higher ups just shrug they're shoulders when the displays are missing parts?

All your doing is making some Home Depot worker's life worse.

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I was gonna bitch about it too but the cheaper Bosch ranges use the same knobs. It's an off the shelf part that Bosch is charging a ridiculous premium for.

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The knobs are "brushed stainless" plated plastic with plastic parts inside. It's possible Bosch is using higher quality materials, but this is the standard Bosch range knob that goes on all of their ranges, so I suspect it's made down to a price. They're injection molded parts that cost about a quarter a piece including parts and labor.

The important parts of the knob are all inside the range. But still can cost as little as about 10 bucks for an OEM part and 15 minutes of repair work if one of those should break.

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I was reading some "I am a master shoplifter" threads on Reddit, and honestly I don't know why people don't steal more stuff.