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<blockquote data-quote="Topper" data-source="post: 1101326" data-attributes="member: 186250"><p>Yes, I sympathise, my wife insists on having colour matched toaster and kettle, it is a constant PITA wandering around trying to find ones that are actually the same colour. It is probably my fault because when I worked in printed carpet manufacturing some forty years ago, although I was a technician on the backing plant, I often had to 'cover' the colour technician on printing and I discovered I had a very keen eye for colour matching on the printed carpets and that skill has stuck with me ever since sometimes to my chagrin. We currently have a toaster that does not work on the LHS, the mechanism refuses to lock in position. It is less than three years old and I have already disassembled it twice and it is OK for a month or two then goes again. Last summer during the hot weather it also began making minor popping sounds so I took it to bits and discovered grease was shorting out the circuit board and discharging a capacitor but after I cleaned it up it was fine. Then and our kettle began intermittently leaking for no reason. We have been on the lookout for suitable replacements ever since however, stocks appear low everywhere as buyers simply stopped buying and manufacturers stopped producing. I wish you luck, we only seem to sell Chinese crap these days and their safety standards are appalling. On the other hand our microwave we have had for forty years and it is still going strong. it is built like a chieftain tank and our upright freezer that we had since 1978 only packed in 18 months ago. Unfortunately, the manufacturers cottoned on, so they no longer make anything to last.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topper, post: 1101326, member: 186250"] Yes, I sympathise, my wife insists on having colour matched toaster and kettle, it is a constant PITA wandering around trying to find ones that are actually the same colour. It is probably my fault because when I worked in printed carpet manufacturing some forty years ago, although I was a technician on the backing plant, I often had to 'cover' the colour technician on printing and I discovered I had a very keen eye for colour matching on the printed carpets and that skill has stuck with me ever since sometimes to my chagrin. We currently have a toaster that does not work on the LHS, the mechanism refuses to lock in position. It is less than three years old and I have already disassembled it twice and it is OK for a month or two then goes again. Last summer during the hot weather it also began making minor popping sounds so I took it to bits and discovered grease was shorting out the circuit board and discharging a capacitor but after I cleaned it up it was fine. Then and our kettle began intermittently leaking for no reason. We have been on the lookout for suitable replacements ever since however, stocks appear low everywhere as buyers simply stopped buying and manufacturers stopped producing. I wish you luck, we only seem to sell Chinese crap these days and their safety standards are appalling. On the other hand our microwave we have had for forty years and it is still going strong. it is built like a chieftain tank and our upright freezer that we had since 1978 only packed in 18 months ago. Unfortunately, the manufacturers cottoned on, so they no longer make anything to last. [/QUOTE]
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