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Would you buy it or not?

B3B3 South East LondonPosts: 22,833
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I am thinking of making what the shopping channels would call: 'a considered purchase ' ie probably overpriced and overhyped.
Anyway, whilst considering the purchase, I find that I am at odds with the company owner's politics.
Do I buy or not?

Would you buy it or not? 24 votes

Buy
16%
DyersEndBeefleySkandiDirty Harry 4 votes
Don't buy
75%
LynCebe[Deleted User]RobmarstonIamweedyLiriodendronNanny BeachLG_Anna33Bagpuss57Bright starFlyfiferraisingirlFireSuesynBig Blue SkyValleysgirlLauraRoslin 18 votes
Other
8%
Dovefromabovepansyface 2 votes
In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,167
    I suspect I am at odds with most company owners' politics!
    I don't buy much and only when necessary.
    Except plants ;)
  • pansyfacepansyface PEAK DISTRICT DerbyshirePosts: 20,664
    Other
    It depends. If they are the only people making this thing and if you really need it then it looks like you have no choice. If other people make it or if you really don’t need it, then don’t.
    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Brittany, France Posts: 3,619
    I'm afraid I don't understand the purpose of this poll.
    You are invited to a virtual visit of my garden (in English or in French).
  • raisingirlraisingirl East Devon, on the Edge of Exmoor.Posts: 6,007
    edited October 2018
    Don't buy
    If no one else makes it, either you don't need it (i.e. no one needs it) or someone else WILL be making it (or something very like it) quite soon. So wait a while

    “Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first” 
  • B3B3 South East LondonPosts: 22,833
    @Papi Jo. It's purpose is to amuse and delight ;)
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 South East LondonPosts: 22,833
    edited October 2018
    I don't really NEED it, but every time I go to buy it, I think what an a*****le he is
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Vendée, Western FrancePosts: 28,202
    It's a daft question.  Why would you give your money to someone you know is an arsehole and, if it's a bloody Dyson, there's defnitely something better thought out just around the corner.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • hogweedhogweed Central ScotlandPosts: 4,050
    If it was only his politics I didn't agree with, I would just buy it. If it was his morals - now that would be a different result. 
    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • B3B3 South East LondonPosts: 22,833
    Are you psychic @Obelixx?
    Philippa, you make a good point.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Vendée, Western FrancePosts: 28,202
    OH chose one when our old Miele cylinder started having problems.  I loathe the bloody Dyson so much I have fixed the Miele which is far easier to use, store, empty and actually sucks up muck and pet hairs like it's supposed to!  Oh struggles with the bloody Dyson now but is more likely to get out the robot I insisted we buy for here.  Want to be outside playing, not cleaning.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
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