Why Are We Buying Junk?

I am so disgusted that you when you go into a store you can not find something that lasts. We have all this amazing technology and yet we can't desgin something that will last?

Someone told me that they have engineers to specifically design objects so they will break right after the warranty runs out. Sometimes the engineers are so talented they can design it to break the day after the warranty runs out. Dishwashers, clothes dryers, copiers, cell phones are some good examples.

Even if you buy the warranty it's almost pointless because chances are that the warranty will expire around the same time the item breaks. I had a cell phone that was working great until the month before the warranty ran out. I guess the engineers weren't doing their job right. However they were doing a grand job when our stove died just days after the warranty ran out.  

I think as consumers we should start demanding better products. As the consumers we have the right to demand better products. Companies will not keep selling junk if no one buys it.  If the product is a bird brush consumers are not going to buy it because birds don't need to be brushed . That's a really dorky example but you get the point. The same thing applies here, if we stop buying the junky products maybe the product developers will develop a product that is decent. My Grandma has a copier from the 90's and it still works great. I have the "best" copier from 2010 that just broke. Isn't it great how far we've come? I believe it is possible to make a good product that lasts a long time. We have the resources we just need to put it into action.