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Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote on 07/05/2021 :
And reading that meja, you'd think early TVs rarely broke down - and if
they did were cheap and simple to fix.

They were often rented, because they were so expensive and because
there would then be a cost free ready repair option, when as they often
did, they broke down or needed adjustment.

And the rental company supplying a social service, then? ;-)

No different from having a service contract on your heating system. Long
term, the supplier always wins. And by a large margin.

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