Actually I think that his reply makes a lot of sense. Americans buy too
much for the sake of owning things. To do this they must look at price and
not quality, then they complain about how poorly everything is made as they
go out to buy more cheap stuff to replace the cheap stuff they don't need in
the first place. If we all bought only what we needed and bought quality
items we would all have more money in the bank and be living better. If you
don't think Americans own to much stuff, spend a weekend going to yard
sales.
"Fly-by-Night CC" wrote in message
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Andy Dingley wrote:

The solution to an excessive trade in cheap crap is not to buy cheap
crap. We're all too affluent - far too much property around means that
ownership has itself been devalued. How can you take pride in a piece
of furniture when it's just $25 from Ikea ? Have less - but have
better.

Andy, Andy, Andy. I know you've been contributing to the group for quite
a while - with some excellent responses, BTW - but maybe you didn't
realize that most here are Americans...

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