Vox Humana wrote:
> "Pierre" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >
> > Vox Humana wrote:
> > <snip>.
> > >
> > > New appliances aren't necessarily any better than older
ones.<snip>>
> > As for warrantees - who bothers saving the receipt for a $39
appliance
> > so
> > > you can mail it, at your cost, to a repair center if it breaks
within
> > 90
> > > days or a year?
> >
> >
> > Fact of the matter is that he got a piece of junk that doesn't
work,
> > came with no instructions, and now has no recourse. If he and you
> > don't save receipts on new products, I hope you either better
become a
> > more educated consumer(which you seem to be), or just get used to
> > throwing your money away.
> >
> OK hun. Some of us can cook without an instruction manual or know
enough to
> ask questions on Usenet or do a Google search. I know for a fact
that if
> gave the most expensive waffle iron complete with instruction manual
and
> receipt to my sister, she wouldn't make a decent waffle. On the
other hand,
> I think being a good consumer might be spending $3 on a used waffle
iron and
> learning to use it while keeping it out of a landfill rather than
spending
> fifteen or twenty times that amount on an appliance that you MIGHT
use three
> times a year. Buying new appliances and keeping the receipt doesn't
make
> you an educated consumer. We really don't know if the waffle iron is
a
> piece of junk or if it just needs a little seasoning. Let's face it,
it
> isn't rocket science. A waffle iron made today isn't materially
different
> than one made in 1947. If it heats and the thermostat works, then it
is
> fine. The OP did the right thing by recognizing the problem and
asking for
> advice. That's being an educated consumer in my opinion.

You get what you pay for.

Pierre