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    Ha!

    And Im about to have a baby, talk about the accessory banana peel!!

    All my friends tell me the same thing: "Dont buy all that stuff 'just in case', you wont use it! You know those marketers have you by the 'short and curlys', just dont!!"

    Then the follow up with "well, its a lost cause anyway. Your wife's buying decisions are about to be usurped by RAGING HORMONS" - so actually just give up, you will buy all the stuff anyways...

    LOL!
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    I'am more intrigued to why people buy caravans.

    Actually scrub that i'am not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stubies View Post
    Ha!

    And Im about to have a baby, talk about the accessory banana peel!!
    You have to be mentally very strong to resist all this stuff ... There is some really good stuff out there but it can become a real obsession for some people - stay away from the parents forums at all costs!!

    I think one of our most useless purchases must have been a vibrating bouncer chair ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oldpinkman View Post
    Yeah - but not in mid-july on a camp site for 2 weeks - which is where they are used
    Just shows how caring the owners are , looking after the pride and joy
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stubies View Post
    Ha!

    And Im about to have a baby,
    LOL!
    Don't worry about the cost of accessories Stuart. If you are about to have a baby just sell your story to the News of the World and you can buy all the baby care items and all the HiFi you could dream of

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    Quote Originally Posted by StanleyB View Post
    Some people will question the wisdom of having a hifi rack or even a speaker stand. But to those people I would say that they can spend their money how they want to, and leave others to make their own choices. Questioning another person's spending wisdom based on irrelevant criteria is really digging your nose in other people's financial business.
    You are of course quite right Stan - people can spend their money how they choose. But I was trying to illustrate how you can "make" a market for things which are just plain fashion accessories, that people subsequently try to justify a NEED for. These had a purpose when hitches were greasy. They survive because people like to buy accessorries.

    Harmless? Maybe, but frustrating sometimes. You make proper real HiFi items, which genuinely help people listen to the music they want to hear. When (long ago) I was in the same trade, I used to find it frustrating when our genuine innovations, r&d, and product design, would be blurred with the (I have to be careful with my words here, for a day or two more) other product not necessarily so genuinely innovative or directly relevant to making music. And then you have to listen to rationalisations of a fashion purchase dressed up as rational support for illusory audio benefits. You like a HiFi rack cos it looks cool - great. Don't feel obliged to tell me it improves the sound of your system too.

    And it can use up peoples budgets. So because people have spent a tenner or so on a hitch cover, and other similar buys, they often then claim they "can't afford" tyre safety bands on a single axle near 2-tonne vehicle which travels at 70mph.

    But the real point, was it was a genuine question, and my genuine response was "because someone makes them - so they are there to buy"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oldpinkman View Post
    Don't worry about the cost of accessories Stuart. If you are about to have a baby just sell your story to the News of the World and you can buy all the baby care items and all the HiFi you could dream of
    LOL!
    AH, yes, well that is my wife talking...
    she is already saying 'well this "insert situation" is because of your kid....'

    and its not even out yet!


    Come to think of it, kids must be the Ultimate Accessory Banana Peel!
    New System (so far): Meridian 506 CD/ALAC -> Unison Research Little Italy -> Spendor S5e
    Secondary system: Airport Express -> BeoLab 3 Speakers (still need replacing - too fatiguing)
    TV Room: Marantz NR 1504-> Usher S520/525 speakers
    Original System: NAD C541 CD Player -> NAD C340 Amp -> lamp cord -> B&W CM2 Speakers, Ipod/Itunes ALAC- secondary source

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