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Originally Posted by radiotvnut
I'm all for protecting the environment; but, I agree with you - this sucks from a "collector" standpoint.
As collectors, we are the "ultimate recyclers". We take "old junk" that no one else wants, refurbish it, and put it to good use. In fact, there's a 1936 GE fan blowing on me as I type this.
If companies would build stuff to last and if the majority of Americans didn't feel like they had to "keep up with the Jones's", we might not have the electronics waste problem that we have at present. I have trashed-picked a lot of perfectly working electronics that someone threw out just because it was old. I've also trash-picked plenty of electronics that needed minor repair.
Since we've got these "tree huggers" on the loose, it is very important that we obtain as much stuff as we can NOW before all this old stuff is made unavailable.
Next thing you know, they'll be coming in our homes and telling us "that old 1960's TV emits toxic fumes. You must turn it over to us for proper disposal or face a $100,000 fine."
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I think keeping up with the Jones'es is a huge problem. It's like when I was a kid, my aunt had a roundie color TV, we had a B&W Philco from 1959. I asked, "why don't we have color," and I was told, our TV was OK, when it goes, we will get color. I'm happy with my 1982 Zenith, high def doesn't mean anything to me, if I can afford it fine, if not, who cares? I hope we don't do something like this here in my area, dumpster diving is quite productive. I fear the moderator's wrath so don't get me started on "tree-huggers." As to them taking my old electronics away, as Charleton Heston said, "from my cold, dead hands."
08-31-2008, 07:34 PM
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