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Diaphone Jim · 01-30-2018, 12:10 PM

Within a half hour of reading this yesterday morning, I started the process of making a loaf of bread in my machine.
I discovered the little kneading paddle had done what appears to be a thorough bunk. No paddle, no bread, so a call to Oster for a new one. Initial Google search led me to expect about $3-5 with the usual tax/handling/shipping dance.
The Oster parts guy did his own little almost convincing dance pretending to search for info on the part.
My, my it is obsolete and no longer available, and oh yes they have a nice sale on a new machine.
It looks to me like Oster came up with this little cynical and dishonest scam to render all their previous bread makers unusable, even to the extent that 90% of online parts suppliers also show obsolete/unavailable notes.
Amazon did have a supplier that would sell me one for $20!
I let myself be suckered into ordering one of those and discovered some "universal" ones this morning for $2.50, so I got one of those too.
I decided to contact Oster complaining about this racket and telling them that since I now needed a new bread machine, it would NOT be one of theirs.
You want futility? The machinations of American industry have left this:

https://www.newellbrands.com/our-brands

Hello, is this Mr. Newell?

01-30-2018, 12:10 PM	#5
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Within a half hour of reading this yesterday morning, I started the process of making a loaf of bread in my machine. I discovered the little kneading paddle had done what appears to be a thorough bunk. No paddle, no bread, so a call to Oster for a new one. Initial Google search led me to expect about $3-5 with the usual tax/handling/shipping dance. The Oster parts guy did his own little almost convincing dance pretending to search for info on the part. My, my it is obsolete and no longer available, and oh yes they have a nice sale on a new machine. It looks to me like Oster came up with this little cynical and dishonest scam to render all their previous bread makers unusable, even to the extent that 90% of online parts suppliers also show obsolete/unavailable notes. Amazon did have a supplier that would sell me one for $20! I let myself be suckered into ordering one of those and discovered some "universal" ones this morning for $2.50, so I got one of those too. I decided to contact Oster complaining about this racket and telling them that since I now needed a new bread machine, it would NOT be one of theirs. You want futility? The machinations of American industry have left this: https://www.newellbrands.com/our-brands Hello, is this Mr. Newell?