The two ways of fighting profiteering

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China has also mastered modern slave labor. That someone makes thier own replacement instead of ordering some small uncomplicated part from across the globe isn't crazy, it's self-reliant and smart.

But that's, like, just my opinion man.

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Isn't that just selling?

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Not as fancy as that unfortunately.

It's 100cm across and the branding has long since worn away. I think it used to say Panache on it at one point, but I can't find anything about that brand online. Following a trail of spares that look like the stuff on it, it was possibly made by Newhome.

I'd take a picture but I've not cleaned it in ages so it looks like something out of a crack den.

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Feel free to keep reading on Wikipedia, or the dictionary, or wherever you may prefer.

Right back at ha, you clearly didn't absorb what you already quoted

You are wrong

Such confidence as you violently miss the mark

just read the definition of a meme before you spout off

You should have tried that yourself

If you can find it on "knowyourmeme" I'll be happy to eat a paper hat.

Yeah the other guy found t for you, eat up

Learn not to be a dickwad unless you've done your homework

The irony

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Yikes. The other guy is a troll and admits it's Photoshop, but you didn't read that either.

Idiot.

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We wanted to fight corporate bailouts too, and it worked out well enough that we could afford to have kids.

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There's a third, where the first person puts on thingiverse and we do it for fun without owning the actual unit

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Oh I would go for the OEM part ten times out of ten, especially for such a nice appliance. Instead this person opted to make some plastic waste that will eventually be in the Ocean after we are all long dead.

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Some things are better left unknown.

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Imaging being mad someone is taking your trash.

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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.