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G6Tanuki · 12th Jan 2019, 2:48 pm

An interesting discussion here: https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/if-no...ngs-wouldnt-we

The comment about resoling a pair of £500 shoes but not a £10 pair of trainers is quite a good one: along with the demise of TV-repair shops the once-ubiquitous high-street-cobbler's is also all-but-extinct.

I can even remember the days when people repaired umbrellas.

12th Jan 2019, 2:48 pm	#42
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 14,007	Re: Changing the throw away culture, BBC News An interesting discussion here: https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/if-no...ngs-wouldnt-we The comment about resoling a pair of £500 shoes but not a £10 pair of trainers is quite a good one: along with the demise of TV-repair shops the once-ubiquitous high-street-cobbler's is also all-but-extinct. I can even remember the days when people repaired umbrellas.