"Clive George" wrote in message
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On 29/08/2014 23:23, tim..... wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Clive George wrote:
Blame Miele and the retailers then. They've known about this change for
really quite a long time. Miele appear to make three models which
comply
with the new leglislation. Why have the retailers failed to ensure
they're in stock? (yes, John Lewis don't mention them).

They want to clear their old stock at full price. Nothing like this sort
of scare story for doing that. If the story had been reported more
sensibly, they'd have had to discount any stock left before the
deadline.

no they wouldn't

because (as I have already posted) the deadline is a date for the
stopping of importing/manufacture

It isn't deadline for stopping sales

(FWIW - exactly the same as the rule for light bulbs - which increased
in price after the were "banned")

Ok, so why is all the stock of those over the limit being heavily
discounted then? Who's got it wrong, the retailers, the manufacturers or
both?

If it's anything like light bulbs, it is the retailers.

All of the majors stopped ordering up 100W bulbs months before the deadline
so that they wouldn't be stuck with stock (that they thought) they weren't
allowed to sell (and by the time the press announced that they were to be
banned in a few weeks time, no-one had any left)

So all of the wide boys on market stalls took advantage of this and were
selling them at a pound each for months afterwards (when previously I was
buying 5 for a quid in a shed)

tim