The title is a bit of an exaggeration.
Why do corporations change shampoo and toothbrushes so often? I’ll go through 10 different shampoos and toothbrushes, then find ones I like. I’ll probably be able to purchase them again a few times before the ones I like are no longer available.
What are the forces driving manufacturer’s to change their basic wares so often? Besides Wall St. greed, that is?
I have about the same luck with shoes. Once I finally find the perfect fitting shoes and wear them out, I’m lucky if I can find the same shoes new even once again… ☹️
I fully expected someone to chime in with some variant of “you should make your own shoes anyway, it’s trivial with a dead badger and a bottle cork and two pieces of string… kids these day don’t know anything no more!”.
The kids these days don’t even know the name or the village cobbler
I’ve had 5 pairs of the same shoes over 5 years. Apparently nobody else likes them and the same store still had old stock years later discounted to €25 from €100. Cleared them out for the last 3 pairs they had which i now keep as backup.
This is way too true of way too many things.
How about sneakers? I need orthodontic sneakers so it’s not even a fashion thing. I finally found a pair that doesn’t make my feet hurt … you have a customer for life. Oops, those are no longer made
too many spoons disappeared, I want to buy more. Nope, that pattern was discontinued right after you bought the set.
Or even just packaging? I pve always bought this product and you have a customer op for life but I don’t see the product I npdont see it. There’s something of the same brand: Is it the same, or do I need to search for a new thing
orthodontic sneakers
How does your footwear straighten your teeth? :D
Evidently OP has a foot in their mouth a lot.
There’s also product designers and marketing that need to continually come out with new things in order to keep their jobs
I can’t remember the last time I’ve bought a toothbrush. Every time I go to the dentist for a cleaning I’m given a toothbrush for free. I’ve since switched to electric, but still have a whole bunch of toothbrushes from dentists past. I’m slowly going through them using them when I travel.
You’re supposed to use a toothbrush for no longer than 3 months. So either you use them to long, or you go to the dentist a lot more often than I do.
He’s switched to electric so doesn’t use the manuals often.
Electric are worse. You should still replace the heads regularly, but now you’re dependent on the specific company continuing to support your toothbrush
The Oral B knockoffs can be had for about $1 each or less. They have models that use the same heads for almost 20 years.
Trader Joe’s tooth brushes have been good and consistent for a decade at least now. They have a funky bend and it works great.
It’s really easy if you simply buy a ton of them all at once and just keep them in a cupboard or something.
Nice strategy, but I’m not going to buy 10 bottles of shampoo, not that I would have anywhere to store them if I did.
Guhl doesn’t change its shampoos.
But toothbrushes? I’m guessing they’re just buying the cheapest ones they can find in China and sticking their brand name on them.
Thanks for the tip on Guhl.
I’m not familiar with Guhl. When I did a search, the first result was for Guhl Motors. My thought was, “Thank goodness my motor oil won’t change formula.” 😀
