RE: Commission acts to guarantee UK Consumer rights under the Guarantees Directive

["Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>]

>From now on, you HAVE to pay extra for the reliability. You no longer
have
the option of a cheap, but
>unreliable item.

Thing is mark, look at what Ken is saying: the rest of the industry
feels
pressured into a race for the lowest quality to bolster numbers. In
essence,
what Mark McC says is the end result too: no manufacturing in the UK.

>What is needed in your case is stronger enforcement.

Well, on that we agree.

>... But I'm not happy to go the next step and say that because _I_ do
these
things, then they should become
>mandatory for everyone.

The problem is that too many people simply do not care. I agree that
co-ercion is not a popular move.

I am not too happy about being forced to be part of a recycling
exercise
which has replaced my weekly rubbish collection with two bins, picked
up
every two weeks, whih leaves food waste outside the house for a long
time,
but I can see that this way, many people *will* begin recycling paper
waste
etc, who would otherwise not have bothered.

And ultimately, back OT for us as a group. A Smart home will be better
able
to manage it's energy usage and systems such as heat recovery/grey
water
management etc, etc.

It may be the path that finally breaks HA into the mainstream in the
UK.

Ian.

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