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tim... wrote:
Not for the first time, nor for the second, do I find that my (from a
very limited sample) recent purchase is either CFU or fails within a
few months of buying it.

If that is your experience, why continue to use it?

Why do people swear by this means of shopping

Because rather obviously it works well for the vast majority.

Things may be cheap(er) but if they are useless and you have limited
(practical) means to get redress, what's the point?

If you buy anything based solely on the lowest price, you might just get
what you pay for.

Gimme the pound shop any day, at least I can take things back :-)

Then why didn't you buy your whatever there?

I've made getting on for 2000 Ebay purchases. Problems with any being
little if any different from buying on the high street. And never had a
problem getting redress.

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*He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

Dave Plowman London SW
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