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[donotatme]

Putting a bar of metal in a cheap, hollow, plastic product to make it feel heavy and sturdy

[ZJ-yxcw]

I've had fake pockets that honestly just confused me, cause they put the whole patch of fabric on there and then just sewed all the way around it, like it would've actually been a pocket had they just left the top open

[MrQuantumInc]

Sometimes it isn't even about fooling the customer, but instead some distant boss who doesn't understand why certain things cost so much to make, who in turn needs to fool shareholders into believing that profit margins can keep growing forever.

[SomedudeonYouTubeB]

This is why I don't buy new clothes/shoes often, but when I do, I make sure it's the good stuff. I just got new boots for the first time in nearly 8 years (I got the camo timbs, and I'm loving them). I also have this leather jacket that used to be my dad's, and let me tell you, that thing still looks amazing after 20+ years. It has so many pockets (one of the inner pockets fits my phone, lighter, keys, a pack of smokes, and a small knife). Most of the suits that I have used to be my grandpa's and were made in former Yugoslavia. Things used to be made to last, man

[XperimentorEES]

And that's why planned obsolescence should be outlawed.

[samuelmellars]

Urgh! This also happens with tools too! Like, you buy a travel sewing kit that has some flimsy needle threaders, mini-shears, some needles, some thin thread, and a quick-unpick (or seam-ripper) with a handle that make it look hard to use, but is obviously made to be protable... and then the seam ripper is weirdly chromed and not even sharp, obviously just there because they knew they needed it for the kit, but didn't _understand_ what it was _for, _ so they just had a factory churn out these weird "photoshopped in, but IRL" things

[JoULove]

Designer products are not a guarantee for quality either (in fashion, at least). You're paying for that brand name, and they will give you something that they spent as little as humanly possible to make (sometimes inhumanly too)

[loukritiablack]

Fucking preach. Thrifting for the win, if Imma get something cheap, I might as well pay appropriately, I thought when I started. Jokes on me, I have items I thrifted that lasted longer than shit I bought "normally".

[hexxdd]

I’m also really done with pictures being stolen from somewhere else giving you wrong expectations and then when it arrives it’s not even close to what it supposed to look like.

[MrDavidwilson]

Stuff keeps getting thinner every year it seems, can’t find cotton for cheap anymore.
Maybe that’s just where I live though.

[artypyrec]

Sometimes the corner cutting doesn't make sense, like the extra step wouldve only cost $0.02. Not even exaggerating with labor/hr cost and material, they most of the time are being cheap to be cheap.

[Helviuss]

I hate that lots of companies are making objectively shite quality products that look good for the sole reason of making u have to buy more to get a new one or to fix it.

[chimericalical]

I mean, I personally despise designer bullshit because of things like a pair of Starburry shoes are made by the same children in the same sweatshop as a pair of Jordans and functionally they are identical pairs of shoes.

The only difference are the colors, logos, and price. There is nothing to make a pair of Jordans more valuable, they’re sold at a high price because of designed scarcity and an artificial value.

If you need a pair of shoes specifically for playing basketball they’re both up to the task and amongst the best shoe one could wear to perform the specific functions of basketball, but one is being sold for the price it’s actually worth (arguably) while the other is being sold for more than $20 (I hear it’s around $300 or more).


Not quite the same concept. But very close and I also despise fake pockets and rivets and such. Just put an actual pocket there.

[gur]

Want a leather jacket? Motorcycle clothes, go to the special store, get a motorcycle jacket. Crash pads are usually removable. It's real leather and most jackets there will be proper, the stitches are hidden so they can't be sanded apart by the road in case of a crash, which should result in them not falling apart otherwise too.

[derpiedoxie]

Yeah, I hate this with a passion too

A few years ago I had some fake docs that looked really cool, but after a while, just like in this video, the sole just... lifted. The glue wasn't holding anymore.

After a while my parents bought be real docs, and I still have them. They're the comfiest shoes I own and are still holding up strong.

It's not that hard to go the extra mile god dammit. Fast fashion sucks.

[devinpeck]

Right, this is called planned obsolescence. Because those boots were already marked up 600%.

[dawnmccarthy]

Don't forget buttons that fall out because they just wind the thread without any knots through the button holes.

[richardmundlin]

Sounds like something that SHOULD fall under false advertising, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't. "It's an aesthetic choice" gets used way too often.

[squintish]

It’s even worse when a formerly good product (like Doc Martens Boots) switches to crappier manufacturing (glued soles) and are able to skate by based on their previous reputation. You can’t even get them resoled anymore because of the new manufacturing.

[kilian-one-l]

This is why when you shop you should ALWAYS check the seams and the quality of the garment before purchasing. No matter where you're shopping, even designer brands