Andy Hall wrote:
That's why I don't think it's strange. Inherently I think that people
have become unable to discern quality and just look superficially and at
price.

Many items are now so complex, a sound technical evaluation is beyond
many peoples ability and education. Brand name are recognised how ever
devalued, packaging and style signify, a long list of features and
bigger numbers (don't know what they mean, but more must be better),
smaller numbers (smaller, cheaper)... Anything more complex and it is
very hard to even find the information, even less so in a form that
hasn't been garbled by the marketing dept. For a time the internet
improved things as service manuals became available online, but now web
sites have been taken over by marketing.



This is the kind that they made for years with the red push switch on
the black handle?

An excellent product indeed. I've still got one..

I remewmber my granparents having one. Grandfather always keen on the
latest gadgets, like an electric kettle that switched itself off.

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djc