Nice point. I like how the author tries to hand wave away:
> held up by a couple of pieces of blue gaffer tape.
Gaffer tape is fairly expensive, more expensive than Gorilla tape of the same width and length. At times, gaffer tape is worth its volume in dimes. That isn't a cheap fix nor is it a good fix. Gaffer tape has a purpose and that isn't it (unless for some reason it needed to be disassembled often). Duct tape would have been a better fix and probably cost a sixth as much, but would have been permanent unless leaving adhesive all over it doesn't count as totaled.
> held up by a couple of pieces of blue gaffer tape.
Gaffer tape is fairly expensive, more expensive than Gorilla tape of the same width and length. At times, gaffer tape is worth its volume in dimes. That isn't a cheap fix nor is it a good fix. Gaffer tape has a purpose and that isn't it (unless for some reason it needed to be disassembled often). Duct tape would have been a better fix and probably cost a sixth as much, but would have been permanent unless leaving adhesive all over it doesn't count as totaled.