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| Post# 208493 5/6/2007 at 02:04 (6,191 days old) by twinniefan (Sydney Australia) | ||
Hi Folks, Today Sunday I went to my nearest Harvey Norman store to purchase a brand new digital camera for my ever approaching holiday to Western Australia, I found a good little unit and once I finished my purchase, I wandered over to the washing machine department and found to my surprise that there were only about 8 models of top loaders on show compared to about 30 models of front loaders,which got me to thinking could this be the beginning of the end of the traditional top loader here in Oz. Even the ever popular Simpson range were non existant except for 1 model only apart from this one there was the cheap and nasty looking Centrex 6kg,2 Fisher and Paykel's including the new Aquasmart model (which seems quite impressive),the new giant Haier double drive, and a Samsung 6.5kg. If this is the case I am quirte surprised as most Aussie families tend to have top loaders and I wonder how people will like it if they do disappear and the only choice is front loaders to choose from. Of the front loaders I looked at,I was quite impressed with the Aqualtis range, thye seem quite sturdy and durable. Cheers folks. Steve. | ||
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| Post# 208689 , Reply# 3 5/7/2007 at 04:08 (6,190 days old) by twinniefan (Sydney Australia) | ||
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Further thoughts
Hi guys, Thanks for the responses, Rapunzel, I could not agree with you more about housing you see where I live in south western Sydney all it seems to be is high rise apartments everywhere you look, indeed there would be at least 6 or 7 large blocks surrounding the local Westfield at Liverpool, and we all know about Sydney house prices basically for someone like me who only earns the mid 30 thousand a year, it is nigh well impossible to buy anything house or apartment, I feel that the traditional backyard and house is a thing of the past. Arrrooohhh, it was the Liverpool Harvey Norman I visited perhaps you are correct with more front loaders on the market thye most likely do take up more floor space,I agree with you totally about a large capacity locally made front loader, I would imagine something like the old Hoover Zodiac 12, in a say a 7.5kg load although as you say it is very hard to compete against L.G., Samsung and the like. I must be honest here though I actually contributed a little to this by buying the Haier twintub instead of a Simpson or Westinghouse top loader, buy hey I wanted a twintub and noone makes them locally any longer. I do disageree a little with you though about families not having time to attend to a large family was in a twintub,we managed with them for years before large capacity automatics became the norm and dont forget Hitachi do make a jumbo 8kg capacity twintub and I also believe in some ways people these days a just spoilt by having these gadets which do everything for you at the flick of a switch. I am not sure of your age, but when I got my first job in Woolworths in 1980, late night shopping on Thursday night just started and the shops all closed at midday on Saturday and Sunday trading was not on and folks still managed to get shopping done in time. nowdays we just want shops open every minute of every day just for the sake of it just another example of laziness as I see it. Cheers guys, Steve. | ||
| Post# 208803 , Reply# 7 5/7/2007 at 16:15 (6,190 days old) by vintagesearch () | ||
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I know thank god we still got our regular ol' toploaders! | ||
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