XPost: sci.electronics.design, rec.radio.shortwave   
   From: ve3wwg@gmail.com   
      
   Dennis expounded in   
   news:-b-dnYmMjbL3qzfTnZ2dnUVZ_hWdnZ2d@westnet.com.au:   
      
   >> Planned obsolescence causes you to purchase new items to   
   >> replace the old. ...   
      
   > It was hard rubbish collection time in our suburb this   
   > week.   
   >   
   > .. The other things that stuck   
   > out were hooded BBQ's. Almost every third or fourth house   
   > had one out the front. Cheap chinese crap rusting away,   
   > most only a year or two old. At between $200 and $400 each   
   > its a disgusting waste of money & resources.   
      
   When it comes to BBQs, I can understand the need to replace it   
   from time to time. I never spend big bux on one because I plan   
   on replacing it every few years anyway.  So I don't need no   
   honkin' Binford-5000 deluxo-bbq to start with.   
      
   Who wants a fixed dirty old and rusting BBQ? Usually you end   
   up having to spend $50 on a replacement carbourator for it in   
   the spring (bugs like to get in it over winter). But when you   
   can get a new one for $50 more (or less)?   
      
   My wife once bought a toaster when the cashier asked if she   
   wanted a protection plan for it. She said something to the   
   effect "Are you kidding me?!?! Why would I want the crummy old   
   one fixed? I'd rather get a new [clean] one!"   
      
   I'm inclined to keep things more than my wife does. But if it   
   smacks of needing cleaning or has "somebody else's germs on   
   it" (used), then I've come to know where that is headed.  $$   
      
   Warren   
      
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