Highlands John
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The topic of buying "value" items came up in another thread so I thought I'd share the following:-
Friends with a B&B were saying this weekend that they buy cheap washing machines, they last about 18 months - 2 years and if something goes wrong they chuck it out and buy a new one. I pointed out that after 10 years, £250 per machine they'll spend £1250 per machine. We've had our 2 machines 10 years, they cost £450 each, they've been repaired twice each costing around £100 a pop, that's £650 per machine in 10 years.
Just ordered all new bath robes for the rooms, the current ones are starting to get rough and tatty. I buy things like that from Out Of Eden who are a hotel supplier here in the UK. Their robes aren't cheap, but just looked back and I bought the current ones in Jan 2012. That's more than 5 seasons, I think that's pretty good.
Friends with a B&B were saying this weekend that they buy cheap washing machines, they last about 18 months - 2 years and if something goes wrong they chuck it out and buy a new one. I pointed out that after 10 years, £250 per machine they'll spend £1250 per machine. We've had our 2 machines 10 years, they cost £450 each, they've been repaired twice each costing around £100 a pop, that's £650 per machine in 10 years.
Just ordered all new bath robes for the rooms, the current ones are starting to get rough and tatty. I buy things like that from Out Of Eden who are a hotel supplier here in the UK. Their robes aren't cheap, but just looked back and I bought the current ones in Jan 2012. That's more than 5 seasons, I think that's pretty good.