Not Like The Old Days

We have our big 50" plasma tv that we got as a display item nearly a year ago. Shortly after we got it, it started having trouble turning on. The problem would go away for a little while and then come back again. Well, this last week, it turned off and would not come back on, no matter what we did. We finally had to call a repairman to come look at it. It cost 49 dollars for a guy to come over and take 5 minutes to figure out the problem. Apparently, the power supply board inside the tv has gone out. This seems to be a common thing with this brand. To fix it, it's gonna cost 500 dollars. And, of course, the part is on back order meaning our big tv is just sitting on the wall like a picture until the part comes in which could be anywhere from a couple weeks to a month. Why can't things just work like they used to in the old days. Our previous tv was nearly 15 years old and had no problems before it finally gave out. I guess motto for manufacturers these days is to just make it as cheap as possible and hope nothing bad happens. Well, when these bad things happen, some of us don't like paying for someone else's strategy of making cheap parts.