Most of you probably find Consumer Reports a pretty serious publication and ConsumerReports.org a fairly staid Web site. Both are certainly great sources of testing-based product reports, compelling investigative features, and expert advice for all aspects of your life. But beyond the entertaining Selling It column, neither the magazine nor the Web site has much of a reputation for humor. At least that’s what I thought. I recently was looking at issues from 1967 and came across the amusing cartoon shown here. We’ve reported on how appliance makers are shortening their warranties, and everyone’s heard of planned obsolescence being a business model of some manufacturers. But I never imagined that these were concerns more than four decades ago. Call me naive, but I believed that companies were somehow more consumer friendly back then. As this cartoon from our March 1967 issue illustrates, that wasn’t the case. (Click on the cartoon to enlarge it.) Obviously appliance longevity and extended warranties remain issues today, and Consumer Reports regularly covers those topics. If you’re looking for information on whether you should fix or nix an appliance, read “Repair or Replace It?” (available to subscribers). The article includes repair-or-replace timelines for many products, including appliances. And before you buy an extended warranty for a refrigerator, washing machine, dishwasher, or other appliance, read “Why you don’t need an extended warranty,” which includes repair rates for a number of 3- to 4-year-old products.—Steven H. Saltzman Essential information: As I mentioned in this recent post, I’m going to tap into our archives to bring you interesting articles and photographs from over the past 70-plus years. Click on my name above to let me know what interests you.
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