In message
<OFA4619942.BE9FEDB0-ON88257AED.00765CE3-88257AED.00770419@US.Schneider-E
lectric.com>, dated Tue, 8 Jan 2013,
[email protected] writes:
My RCA XL-100 (26 years), my Sanyo VCR (14 years) and my satellite box
(13 years) get used every day. Some consumer electronic equipment are
long-life.
I can beat you.(;-) I kept my parents' 12 inch TV going for 28 years and
it's now in a museum.
In any case, the industry has solved its profitability problem caused by
products lasting longer than 5 years. Most of them now last only 3 years
on average and can't be repaired at all.
--
OOO - Own Opinions Only. See www.jmwa.demon.co.uk
The longer it takes to make a point, the more obtuse it proves to be.
John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
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