Philipa Bond wrote -...."Even better than just throwing things away is to attempt to get things repaired - many older items are better made than newer ones and designed to last longer with a little bit of TLC."...While I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment of your post the problem is finding spare parts for many old models. Bags and filters for cleaners, an example you cite are rather different. As for many models there are generic bags and filter sheets which can adapted to suit.But not many customers are prepared to accept this and believe they must have the overpriced bags and filterswhich the packaging states is specifically designed for their particular model. If they can be found that is.Again your point that older appliances were often better designed is very true. Some modern items appear to have been designed by people who've never actually tried to use them. But maybe this is because older models were expected to have a longer lifespan and production run. Whereas nowadays "new" models seemingly appear every week,However where electrical spare parts are concerned, when their cost, assuming they can be found and thatof the skills repair them is added up - in the case of Cathode Ray TV's for instance - its usually cheaper to buy the new, often inferior product.The reason the parts aren't made available or manufactured is because it simply isn't in the manufacturers interest to do so. They'd rather sellyou the new models. Then you get into the grey area where what in any other context would be called "pirated" or "fake" spares may be available. Where a Far East manufacturer could quite well make perfectly satisfactory and safe spare parts at low coat but a buyer would have no way of knowing this, so stays clear michael adams...
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