22 Mar
2005
22 Mar
'05
7:33 a.m.
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Jules Richardson wrote:
Except that such stores don't really exist over
this side of the pond
any more - they've all been forbidden from selling electrical goods by
the health & safety morons (as in "Oh my God, it plugs into the wall -
that's *dangerous* and someone might sue us").
Actually, given that our current stupid compensation culture seems to
have jumped the pond from the US, I'm quite surprised such places exist
over there too.
Charity shops in the US are increasingly not carrying computer goods,
mainly because if they end up being unsaleable crap they have to pay high
disposal fees.
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