[Kevin in NJ]

Someone is buying into the wrong story.

The original points did not wear down fast, UNLESS there is something wrong.

My brothers car is running with the same points that came with the car in 1970 or so. Thousands of miles of running many at highway speeds. He adjusts them every few years or more.

So it that a lot of wear?

I have a pile of used points I took off old distributors. I would have no problem using any of those points on my car. Expecting to not needing to replace them for decades. Only a couple sets I would not use because there were low quality units. The contact points all had a white fuzz on them, one set is NORS on the car and it has the fuzz.
What am I going to use on my car. I have 2 sets of NOS Ford points in later (40's?) packaging. I lucked into them at $5 each so I will use one of them. Otherwise I would just use one of the used sets I have in a cam.

You are buying into an incomplete story.

When you put new points on a car it will wear rapidly. The contact point needs to wear to the cam. So you expect to have frequent point resetting at first. As the points wear to the cam the time between setting goes way way down.
Classically what seems to happen is the guys remember they changed their points every year when they had points cars so they MUST replace theirs every year on their A. The thing is you drove your car 10,000 or 20,000 miles in the that year. Most A's are lucky to get a few hundred miles. So replacing the points every year means the points never get enough time to wear to the cam. So you are constantly adjusting the points.

Follow this advice for a car that rarely needs to be touched.

Put a quality set of original points on the car. They do not have to new. Just set up so the points contact properly.

Make sure you have a quality cam cam on the car with a smooth surface. Some have even polished their cams lightly. Bill Stipe makes a dead on B type cam you can buy new. Highly recommended by many guys. I would be using that if I did not luck out on a NOS cam at one point in time.

Put cam lube on the cam. Petroleum jelly works too. Not a lot, but it needs some.

Do not change them unless they get burned or the wear block gets seriously low.

Remember, you do not need to change the points unless they are broken.

This is all assuming you have a properly rebuilt with original parts distributer and you are following the owners manual for lubricating the dist. You have recently double checked how the dist is supposed to be lubed right?

If you are frequently changing the points or needed to reset the gap frequently you are likely doing something wrong. Depending on your amount of driving you should expect decades of life from good used points.