A survey shows that 65 percent of Brits believe that it’s better to plump for new products rather than make do or upgrade existing ones.
Crucial, which has an axe to grind because it supplies memory upgrades, said it surveyed 2,000 people in the UK.
People want to replace old lamps for new whether they’re mobile phones, kettles, computers, microwaves, televisions and toasters.
One in five folk said they were expecting to spend between £100 and £300 replacing existing items in the next month.
A third – actually 34 percent – said if stuff broke down they’d rather replace them than try and fix them.
Roddy Mclean, from Crucial, said that people replaced products at the slightest sign of them slowing down. And here’s the axe grinding: “Lots of people are mssing a trick, as products such as home computers and laptops can easily be upgraded by their owners.”
Apparently one in five people surveyed are likely to trade in their computers for a new lamp rather than upgrading them. Over 90 percent of the people said their computer runs slowly or has difficulty booting.
Windows? The survey didn’t ask that question.
