Consumerism [was RE: [Leica] Digital Leica M]

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 1:21 PM -0400 6/13/06, Richard S. Taylor wrote:
>(snip)
>>I had a friend who had a big screen TV.... it cost him $4K, he had 
>>it for a year, then threw it out when it went bad.  His new
>>replacement was less costly ($2700) and bigger.  Made sense to him......
>>
>>Obviously not me.   I like mechanical cameras.
>>Frank Filippone
>>red735i@earthlink.net
>
>(snip)
>
>The consumer economy at it's worst - and an astonishing waste of 
>energy (think) oil) to boot.  But that's what keeps the economy 
>humming.
>
>It makes my teeth grind to think of all the human and physical 
>energy wasted when gear like that screen (or a DSLR, to get back on 
>topic) is thrown out after so little use.
>
>End of rant.  :-))

A local store just had a sale, with an 18v battery operated drill set 
with lots of extras selling for $29Cdn. I bought one because the 
battery in my old drill was nearly dead, and the replacement (9.6v) 
would cost me $69. The old drill gets tossed.

A stupid waste, but economically it doesn't make sense to replace the 
old battery.

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