"geoff" wrote in message
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Scott Dorsey wrote:
Consumer equipment is designed to be as cheap as absolutely possible.

Some is, and some is designed to be as expensive as absolutely possible,
on the hope that there will be a fool who pays the money.

Nope, that is still designed to be as cheap as possible *for the
manufacturer* (obviously NOT for the purchaser) so the manufacturer can
spend money on advertising a very low volume item whilst still making a very
large profit.

Trevor.