Right to repair legislation

[Dustydazzler]

EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances

The rules will make household appliances longer-lasting and easier to fix.

www.bbc.co.uk

What do you think of this 'right to repair' legislation coming in/being considered?

 

[pirate]

A thing of beauty, for sure...

My Dad had one of these:

But the earlier Transoceanic valve ones are much revered.
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Ah, nostalgia ain't what it used to be...

 

[DPG]

A think of beauty, for sure...

My Dad had one of these:

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But the earlier Transoceanic valve ones are much revered.
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Ah, nostalgia ain't what it used to be...

Looks classy that. Would have cost a fortune when new I bet.

 

[pirate]

He had a Grundig Sattelit too...can't recall which model...plus a brilliant Sony one which was designed for rack mounting of sorts, with all the marine bands
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Pleased to report I have a Marine Band too...
my absolute favourite!

As used by Neil Young and many others!

 

[Dan]

EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances

The rules will make household appliances longer-lasting and easier to fix.

www.bbc.co.uk

What do you think of this 'right to repair' legislation coming in/being considered?

I've changed your wording to actually include a sentence.

Consider doing this yourself in future mate. We might not approve your posts that have "5 word rule" written in them.

 

[pirate]

Dan, if I could do it, I would change your wording actually to exclude a split infinitive!

 

[JK-Electrical]

 

[DPG]

Unfortunately I'm a product of today's society and so don't have the attention span to watch a 52 minute video. I don't even have the patience to finish this pos

 

[pirate]

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There you go, DPG, done that for you!

 

[FatAlan]

I rememberwhen i was a kid things worked then amd never hardly brake
And now thing dont last long now .
We tend to throw things out if a wheel falls of a hoover.

Too right. Good old Raleigh bicycles had great brakes that hardly ever used to break!
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1960s and 70’s cars used to fall apart after a few years. Current cars seen to go on for about 3 or 4 times longer before things start breaking. 40 years ago we could fix things more easily, now days you need much more specialist kit. Swings and round shouts me thinks. What proportion of average income is a car / washing machine now compared to 40 years ago?

 

[Dustydazzler]

My grandparents didn’t even own a car or a washing machine

They walked or buses everywhere and used the local launderette

How times have changed

 

[FatAlan]

At the end of the day in response to the OP. It’s a great idea. Fed up with unrepairable disposable rubbish. May have cost implications though if it means they won’t sell as many... but me thinks environmental issues are now very high on the priority list to put it mildly!

 

[Zerax]

My grandparents didn’t even own a car or a washing machine

They walked or buses everywhere and used the local launderette

How times have changed

Wow... they were posh ! My grandparents used to use a 'copper' outside... then put the washing through a mangle !

 

[static zap]

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They walked or buses everywhere and used the local launderette

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The way Bo-jo was going on today , a fuel shortage will put us back there !

 

[pirate]

JK, thanks for that link...I watched and enjoyed...albeit, it told me what I already knew.
I have given up buying expensive printers, as the cheap ones use the same engines anyway, and the ink costs get you in the end! Why spend a day tearing your hair out, when £20 will get you back on the road?
Still, it's much more a question of employment. If we went back to the days of no Sunday shopping, how many people would be unable to pay the rent/mortgage?
I will not subscribe to the idea of always buying the latest gadget, but I am old...try telling the average consumer that a new iPhone is a waste of money!
It's a losing battle, sadly...and won't be solved in my lifetime...
Our parents bought the best they could afford, and I still use some of the tools my father bought...but I am, of course, seduced by new tools that weren't available to him. That's progress. To throw away beautiful hand-tools though...that's just madness!
However, as the video shows, people want the latest gadgets, thus we have folks buying a TV for £3k five years ago, and the latest version is £399. What do they do?
They bin the old one, get the latest, cheaper one, and as as soon as the HP is paid, out it goes.
The advent of credit played into the hands of the manufacturers of almost every commodity, thus the prices rose. We now buy stuff we can't "afford". Oh, we can "support" the payments, as long as we have the income, but when the income dies, we can no longer afford such stuff.
I am in danger of going on a rant, folks...sorry!
Truth is, in the main, society loves built-in obsolescence! Why? Because it serves their ego to have new stuff all the time.
Thatcher's government abolished the crime of "usury"...just look at the APR figures in some money-lending adverts, and ask yourself, is this right?
We have allowed the monster to grow, and we are afraid to kill it.

 

[Zerax]

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Thatcher's government abolished the crime of "usury"...just look at the APR figures in some money-lending adverts, and ask yourself, is this right?
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My research tells me that the "Usury Laws Repeal Act" was enacted in 1854... I don't think Thatcher was born then ?? This reminds me of the oft quoted claim that she also closed all the coal mines... when in fact more mines were closed under Harold Wilson !

...just sayin