[Shop-talk] To kill a refrigerator

[eric at megageek.com]

Nick, the problem is with people from their generation in the US is that
they lived through the Great Depression.  They don't like accountants or
numbers or anything they can't hold in their hands.

What she knows is that she HAS a functioning refrigerator and buying a new
one will cost alot of money.  There is no amount of reason that can change
her perseption.


Moose

"We all know we're dying, And there's no sign of a parachute."
     Tori Amos



-----nick brearley <nick at landform.co.uk> wrote: -----


To: eric at megageek.com
From: nick brearley <nick at landform.co.uk>
Date: 08/29/2007 10:04
cc: shop-talk at Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] To kill a refrigerator

At 13:27 29/08/2007, eric at megageek.com wrote:

OK, here is the deal.  My neighbors are a really nice elderly couple.  The
husband wants to replace their frig, however, the wife doesn't want to
spend the money (damn depression survivors!)  8>)

Any mileage in looking into the economics of replacement before going down
the James Bond route? Today's fridges are sold on efficiency and low
running costs. I'd have thought a creative accountant could make a pretty
good case for replacement of an old machine with a 21st century model.
I know that's taking the sport out of it but accountants not engineers rule
the world today...

Nick Brearley