Godammn vacuum cleaner broke. Took it apart, its just a part of the brush roller that is broken. Should be an easy fix. But they don't sell spare parts for my vacuum. They never have, they just want you to buy a new one. So one little easily replaced plastic bit makes the whole thing into non-functional mostly plastic waste. The vacuum is even clearly designed to be easily repaired, it's one of the most intelligently laid out appliances I've ever seen.

But it's not profitable to sell spare parts, so I have to send this thing to a landfill if I can't figure out some ghetto fix. This intentional wastefulness is one of the things that pisses me off about capitalism nearly every day.

  • HKBFG [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    yes, but you can usually call the carrier and get the unlock code.

    • Vostok [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Ah okay, I get ya. Sorry, I was reading from that that they in some way charged for that? If not, then it sounds like it's mostly the same other than some of the carriers in the UK auto-unlock phones after the end of the contract.

      • HKBFG [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        They don't charge for it, but you do have to deal with phone based customer service.