On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:54:10 +0100, "Pongo Potts"
<999@118btinternet.com> mused:

>
>"Lurch" <usenet@sjwelectrical.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:ql6s03tol3q655clfsqgjpj0sn5cc6na2c@4ax.com.. .
>> On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:31:09 +0100, "Pongo Potts"
>> <999@118btinternet.com> mused:
>>
>>>
>>>"Jim GM4DHJ" <jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>>>news:hqkPh.39$x4.30@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net...
>>>> Isn't modern life shit...I try never to buy anything with guarantees
>>>> because of this...I just take a chance and bin things that stop working
>>>> if
>>>> I can't sort them out myself.......
>>>>
>>>
>>>yes, we are heading that way.
>>>
>>>I do same thing for all white goods no matter what age...............just
>>>bin it.
>>>
>>>take a look down your local amenity tip, I bet a penny to a pinch if sh1t
>>>that there is a line of Dysons there somewhere. That guy is making a
>>>fortune
>>>selling goods that can't stand the test of time.
>>>
>> I'll also bet that someone like me takes those Dysons away, cleans the
>> filters and gives them a wipe over then sells them on again as they
>> will be near enough brand new.
>>
>> You've also got to look after things properly. Too many people expect
>> things to work all on their own with no human intervention for service
>> and maintenence. Most of the refurbished\reconditioned stuff we come
>> across is simply cleaning\regular maintenence, which if the original
>> owner did they would still have the machine working for amny years.
>>
>> People also expect things to be bombproof, they're not, you can
>> overload and break things.
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Stuart.
>
>the upright Dyson has a particular part within the filter system that is not
>repairable............only replaceable...............I speak from experience
>as I know an expert who has met this problem.................needles to say
>the replacement/repair outcosts getting another cleaner.
>
I'd like to see where a filter costs more than a new Dyson.

I understand theat replacement parts for a decent model will cost more
than a cheaper version of the same device, but generally parts for
Dysons are cheaper than new ones.
--
Regards,
Stuart.