"Can't agree more with the author on this. I've a Boston 296A electric sharpener and an electric stapler from the same too. It works flawlessly even after decades of use. It's not just this most appliances are made with just profit in mind and are meant to just die quickly. All the vintage appliances like room heaters, kettle, Soldering irons and various other equipments that i own made in the 60s to 80s (made in the US and Germany) work even now just fine."