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.
Buy a 3d printer. They’re really, really cheap nowadays and this is like their only practical use case.
For everyone but OP: Bissell seems good in this specific regard, as their site has parts for the vacuum that we bought like twelve years ago.
When my grandma died in 2016, the toaster she and Grandpa got as a wedding present in 1946 WAS STILL WORKING. Grandpa replaced the cord sometime in the 70s, but that’s it. How many times have you had to buy a new toaster in your lifetime? I think I’m on my 3rd one.
If it’s a part that holds the brush on, could you plastic ‘weld’ it back on?
“right to repair” is definitely one of the things that radicalized me.
Ifixit.com is a great resource. I bought their basic repair tool set and got a cool ass poster. https://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto
