"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 11:54:05 +0200, "David \(Normandy\)"
wrote:

Worked great for 12 months 9 days !! & broke. The repair man wants £50
before he'll get in his van & come & look at it.


Unfortunately, obsolescence is built into most electrical goods nowadays.
In
the past if a company made a product that lasted 5 or 10 years (or more)
they got a good reputation but no more sales to the same customer for
several years.

German electrical goods almost last most forever.
Anything from Bosch, Miele or AEG has a life of decades.

We've allways had reasonably good life out of Bosh appliances.