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"$10k+"
Do you think that's how much those refrigerators used to cost? They were "$100+".
This isn't a good comparison. No one in the working class and probably even the middle class can afford a 10k+ refrigerator.
Of course there are good quality products, but it's not like normal people can afford them anymore.
This is not what people "opt" to buy. This is all that people can afford to buy.
As a mechanic, I had a Miele in my condo, and now have a Bosch Benchmark (both built ins with custom panels) in my new house. Both were $10k+.
Cool, you have a house and a $10k+ refrigerator.
Maybe one day when I can afford a house I will also be able to afford a $10k+ refrigerator. I'm not holding my breath though.
There are normal people that can afford them.
You are rich.
Edit: nothing wrong with being rich, as long as you are not a wealth hoarding billionaire. Just admit it you are rich, and I could fully believe that you earned it through hard work. It's not completely impossible, but extremely rare and difficult, whereas it used to be that every single person working could afford a house and a $100+ refrigerator that would last 40 years.
Nah there's A LOT wrong with being rich when people are starving and homeless. You don't have to be a billionaire to be an asshole with your wealth.
I earned it.
There it is. Probably won't take much to hear you say "most that can't afford it simply didn't try as hard as me and the people I know cause hard work is all you need".
It’s hard as hell, and I also got lucky getting a job at a dealer that actually takes care of its employees. Also lucky that this trade is in very high demand. I could leave here and have five job offers by tomorrow. That actually happened back when I was an apprentice, got laid off from the small independent shop I worked at. Had two job offers before I even got home.
Good. All the boomers also earned their cheap ass houses and they were normal working or middle class people.
Doesn't change the fact that this is no longer a reality today.
I am far from a boomer.
Didn't say you were.
But you must be at least a bit delusional if you truly believe working class people can afford to buy $10k+ refrigerators and save to buy a house like you did.
I don't know how you did it, what miracles happened in your life, how much help and support you had from others and so on to achieve all that, but this ain't realistic for 99% of the working class.
Maybe write a book to tell others how you did it by not buying Starbucks, etc.
I work with many people that are early 20’s that own a SFH or even a duplex or triplex. Get into the trades, there is a big demand. But not everybody can hack it. It is hard on your body.
Of course. Next you're gonna tell me they are normal working class people?
Do you consider mechanics as working class? Probably can’t get much more working class than that.
The average mechanic salary is $65k. Please tell me how you managed to afford to buy a condo, and then even a house with a $10k+ refrigerator on this salary?
https://www.indeed.com/career/mechanic/salaries
LOL 65k. Any decent flat rate tech is making double that. Was offered a job in Cali that would have paid me triple that, but then I would have to live in the US.
All those mechanic job ads for 50k-75k must be fake then.
Perhaps you are that 1% of mechanics that earn over 100k. But how does being in the 1% minority reflect the reality? It doesn't. I'm happy you have a good life as a mechanic, but it's not reflective of the current job market and salaries. You are an outlier.
You borderline sound like those billionaires saying "If I could do it so can you".
Never apply to a shop that posts ads, it's guaranteed to be a shitty workplace.
There's a reason they have ads up lmao.
A decent tech could flip his boss off and not even be halfway through packing his and have 2 job offers lined up.
All the decent flat rate techs I know make that much. Some much more. I don’t know anyone who has had to apply for a proper job through a job posting. It’s all through word of mouth. I have never had to “apply” for a job. All those listings must be for pretty shitty jobs, especially if they have a “salary”. Means they have hardly enough work for their techs. Any good shop will pay flat rate. So you can get paid 20-30 hours in an 8 hour shift. My best day was 36 hours in an 8 hour shift. And I make $41/hr.
I believe that that's how much you make. I don't believe the majority make that much. And we can't all be mechanics.
Damn not even hiding how rich you are. Actually pathetic.