Trevor wrote:
"geoff" wrote in message
...
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.

And you can buy a high-priced Loewe that is actually LG inside a pretty box
!

geoff