I'm one of those men who just had it with cartridge razors and decided to quit one good day. Not quit shaving, mind you; but quit playing the game. I was tired of buying ever-more-expensive refills because my cheaper and older ones had been discontinued. Tired of adding yet another blade, aloe strip, pivoting head, vibrator, odometer or whatever else some engineer or big-shot marketer came up with to double or triple the price of my shave.
But that's just one way to opt out. Jeff Hagan, the hero of our story here, decided to hoard Mach3 disposable cartridges. He bought 100 of them and started using some of that oil that claims to expand their lifespan. In Mr. Hagan's words:
I'm basically investing in blade futures. That's my hedge against getting forced to upgrade.Nick Meyers, another man swimming against the current, was confronted by the futility of it all one day while trying to get a drug-store employee to unlock a display case to buy some Schick Quattro blades. This was the blade that broke the razor's back, and he has moved on to a double-edge razor and a shaving brush. As he puts it:
It's easier to buy uranium. They're so expensive, they have to keep them locked up, and that's when I realized what a gimmick all of it is.
Now, what's your coping mechanism? How much money is too much money for a cartridge? How many blades are too many? How far will you go for that morning shave?
