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Throw away attitude
"Martin" wrote in message ... On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:18:41 -0000, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message . .. On 25 Jan 2007 03:34:49 -0800, "La Puce" wrote: If our attitude is to save money, many of us are saving money for the long run, not for a quick fix. I have never expected anything to be cheap. I have had this argument with my husband many times when he finds something cheap and thinks it's a bargain. I hate bargains. I know that it will break and that we will have no other choice but to throw away. Lidl and Aldi electrical goods have a three year guarantee and seem to be the same quality as more expensive stuff. In a Consumer test the two best ABMs were EUR220 and EUR 30. Price doesn't necessarily mean quality. Those of us who have lived in NL too long are constantly looking for bargains and finding them. We rarely, if ever pay, the RRP. Almost everything we own was a bargain including our 20 year old Sony TV , which was cheap because it had a small blemish on the screen, but came with a full guarantee. We took it back to the Sony importer who exchanged it for one without any defects. Most of our white goods are "last years models". Who cares about the current fashion, when they last 20 years? BCC rules! -- Martin If you believe saving energy is important then I can assure you that brand new white goods (Fridges/freezers/washers etc) are considerably more efficient than 10 year old models. I don't believe in throwing away things to save small amounts of energy. The things thrown away took a lot of energy to make. I don't leave the TV, VCR, etc. on standby 24 hours a day. The energy used for the standby is miniscule compared with the amount of energy thrown away on motorways which have two Kilowatts of light every hundred yards, over thousands of miles! And swithing off standby means that the machine has to be reset when you want to use it again, clocks and programmes. Alan |
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