I once took my wobbly bike to a repair shop. They looked at the bike, then at me and said “you’re a broke student, right? Look, this is beyond repair, at least economically speaking. I could give you a quote, but you’d be much better off throwing this away and getting a used bike for a fraction of the cost and time.”
We used to have a lot more of this non-profit-maximizing sentiment, but as memories of our socialist history fades away, so does any feeling of community.
Same bike shop scammed me years later, but I hold the memory dear.
I actually had similar a couple years ago when I paid a repair guy to come out and look at my fridge. He said it would take a bit to get the part needed and cost about $600-700 to get fixed, that the fridge was about ten years old and not expected to last a lost longer, and I’d be better off just replacing it. Cost him money personally. I do like the new fridge.
Our local fish shop won’t sell me equipment I don’t need and by now has talked me out of spending thousands of dollars on things I didn’t need or we were able to do/find cheaper.
I once took my wobbly bike to a repair shop. They looked at the bike, then at me and said “you’re a broke student, right? Look, this is beyond repair, at least economically speaking. I could give you a quote, but you’d be much better off throwing this away and getting a used bike for a fraction of the cost and time.”
We used to have a lot more of this non-profit-maximizing sentiment, but as memories of our socialist history fades away, so does any feeling of community.
Same bike shop scammed me years later, but I hold the memory dear.
I actually had similar a couple years ago when I paid a repair guy to come out and look at my fridge. He said it would take a bit to get the part needed and cost about $600-700 to get fixed, that the fridge was about ten years old and not expected to last a lost longer, and I’d be better off just replacing it. Cost him money personally. I do like the new fridge.
There are still kind people out there!
Our local fish shop won’t sell me equipment I don’t need and by now has talked me out of spending thousands of dollars on things I didn’t need or we were able to do/find cheaper.