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Re:Aging Parents with Lots of Stuff, and Children Who Don’t ... by jdavis703 on Monday August 21, 2017 @01:55AM (#15062261)
I own a Sony radio that is probably 15 years old... It's been around for greater than 60% of my life. My laptop is three years old. My TV is 5 years old (and I have no plans on replacing it anytime soon). The reason I don't have much stuff is because I'm diligent to get rid of things I don't use anymore like old books, charging adapters, electronics etc. Some millennials may be buying cheap novel stuff, but many of us are opting to only have a few quality things we use frequently.
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Re:Aging Parents with Lots of Stuff, and Children Who Don’t ... by sundvor on Monday August 21, 2017 @02:12AM (#15062323)
Aye. My Rotel system + Infinity speakers are ~20 years old, and even does beautiful 5.1 multichannel through the HTPC after finding a DB25 to RCA cable with my Asus Xonar Deluxe soundcard. I had to replace the baffles on the Infinity speakers after the first decade; sound is just as good if not better than when I bought the system (thanks to that Xonar card).

A few months ago our 11 year old Nilfisk vacuum cleaner broke down. Back then it was about A$450. Instead of buying an equivalent new one for ~A$700 or so, I repaired it for ~A$250. I figured it'd still be better than buying a new $200-300 vacuum every 2-3 years.

Sometimes buying expensive stuff is the cheaper option.

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