Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks agoIf it holds up longer, start by divind it by each year you use it daily for.
Once break even, determine if it’s still too expensive .
Buy cheap, buy twice.
Buy decent, buy once (for longer time).
Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
No, no and no. Artificial tough fabrics and sewing methods are extremely affordable industrially in 2025. I will not pay 170€ for something that should cost, extremely generously, 50€.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
You do realize that those things are affordable due to labor exploitation, right?
Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
Give me numerical data for that. I can buy fucking 10 cent microcontrollers and program them at home because 200 years of industrial development have made it that there’s so little labor involved in their production, it’s a matter of economy of scale. Manufacture loads of cheap, resistant fabrics such as viscosa, manufacture loads of cheap, long-lasting messenger bags. But no, it has to be 100 different small-production models because we need 100 different varieties of messenger bags instead of reliable, affordable, mass-produced Eco-friendly options
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
May be.
Didnt know wages became affordable as well.
This aint the US where you don’t pay for the social safety net :)
Also I’m not into sweatshop products if it can be avoided.
Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
Fuck that. In my European country, 25% of young people endure unemployment and nobody can fucking afford housing, where are our safety nets in Spain? Our purchase power is worse than it was 25 years ago, and keeps worsening. Wages in Spain are extremely affordable, we get paid like utter shit, minimum wage is 1300€ a month.
Go and spend 170€ in a bag 150€ of which go to the capitalist owner of the company.