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Re: Time for a Cup of Coffee and Read
I think I’ve read this article some years back (3 or 4 maybe?). Sadly it’s not dated or who wrote it but I seem to recall Graham Dixon being involved back then.
Nothing changes nor will it? 🙁
Re: Time for a Cup of Coffee and Read
Like you Martin I could not locate a date but nonetheless an interesting read and which applies now one would guess.
Re: Time for a Cup of Coffee and Read
2013.
I have the video somewhere from it, I think I used it at one of the meetings, not sure. Can’t publish it openly due to copyright.
K.
Re: Time for a Cup of Coffee and Read
Come the revolution 😉 trade bodies will lobby parliament toward getting an act in law called the ‘Domestic Appliance Block Exemption’ forcing manufacturers to freely share technical information and work in harmony with the independent trade.
But seriously, in truth there isn’t sufficient numbers of indies to force the issue. Dozens of other factors too including the most relevant being the price point of the product. In contrast to the motor trade the price point, the need for regular servicing and the potential life expectancy of a motor vehicle forced the government into acting. The lowly, cheap, disposable white goods and the independent trade trying to eek a living from repairing them doesn’t stand a chance.
Re: Time for a Cup of Coffee and Read
To be honest Martin, there has been for some years now a growing concern over this and other industries that generate massive volumes of waste in government and not just ours, a number of them.
Getting governments to do anything is a long, slow, laborious task or an immediate clear and present danger or, a financial drain or, you throw money at the issue to lobby them to move faster.
We don’t have the money for the last option so, that’s out.
It is a financial drain with the cost of waste etc but, it’d possibly cost more to solve than the loss so that probably won’t happen.
It’s not a clear and present danger unless you count a few dryers in Blighty going up in flames so that’s not going to fly.
Which leaves us with option number one.
You just keep on fighting the good fight in the hope that one day you win it or at least get some kinda result.
K.
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