If the maid's pay is 60% of the factory worker's pay, then you break even. I also ignored the time cost of shopping every 2 years to keep things simple.
The only point I'm trying to make is that durability and preservation of material goods is often overrated, and replacing things every few years isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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What if the person doing the washing/hanging is paid even less than the one at the factory?
If the maid's pay is 60% of the factory worker's pay, then you break even. I also ignored the time cost of shopping every 2 years to keep things simple.
The only point I'm trying to make is that durability and preservation of material goods is often overrated, and replacing things every few years isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Yes, I forgot, I pay U$ 5/hour to the maid, and I'm paid U$ 10/hour (for now! :) )
And Uruguayans are used to earning very little compared to the U.S., plus brand clothes are MUCH more expensive here.