New For Old

[poliphilo]

My mother's TV stopped talking to her yesterday. We saw our chance and got straight on to the people she rents from and ordered a replacement. She's had this one for ten years at least- since before my father died- and has always resisted making the change- in spite of needing a bigger screen- - but she can't argue against the thing no longer working.

She pays £25 a month to rent a set- and will have paid out the market price on this one several times over. She'll now be getting a LCD for the same price.  She's been hanging on because she hates change. Perhaps she doesn't want to hurt the old set's feelings. I mention this because that's the way I think.  Perhaps it's inherited.

Afterwards we poked around some more and found the TV was fine- and the thing at fault was the SKY Box- but we're not rescinding the order. 

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We did until comparatively recently. I liked the idea that repairs and replacements were taken care of and I wouldn't suddenly and unexpectedly be hit by a big outlay.

Now, of course, we don't have a TV at all.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

We have one, but for the amount it gets watched, it's not good value for the licence fee, I suspect!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We decided we weren't getting our money's worth. Also, that having a TV in the house meant we watched far too much rubbish.