“Chuck away society? Think not.”
Hmmm, this one’s going to be trouble, isn’t it?
“This phone may work. Might not.”
Oooh! It’s a phone and a philosophical point to boot!
Will it be delivered in a box, bundled with a cat, a flask of a poison and a source of radioactivity?
“However there is definately enough meat on the bone good spares.”
I think I may be turning vegetarian.
“Your possibilities are countless,”
And we’re not even counting ‘binnable’ at this point.
So that’s one more than they were thinking of already.
“repairable..improvable even.”
Improvable. Hmmmm.
I’m guessing those sticky marks all over it are where it’s been ‘improved’ already?
“Remember phone parts are costly and scarce.”
Not from what we’ve seen here at times.
But then, to slightly distort a phrase from Blade Runner;
We’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe…”
Toilets on fire off the shores of eBay.
Dead cordless drills glitter the dark and a broken tailgate.
All those moments will be lost in time,like the contents of an idiot’s paypal account.
“Why should you buy a new phone at > £50 with all the learning curve of a new phone if you already have this model or similar?”
Indeed. Why should you? If you already have this model phone (or similar) then you certainly have no need to buy this one as well.
And if you have a typewriter, why bother with a computer?
Hell, why bother with the typewriter when Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press?
“Can the wheel get any rounder?”
Oh, we’re back to the philosophy again, are we?
You may as well ask how a fool and his money got together in the first place.
That would probably be more relevant.
“Also you are doing your bit for the environment. “
See, this is where I’m torn and feel he may have a point.
Yes, I’ve been unwell, before you ask.
On the one hand, I appreciate the idea of not upgrading your phone unnecessarily or even buying new when you can simply “make do and mend”.
But buying a phone that “may work. Might not”, paying for it to be transported across the country and then dropping it in the bin when you realise what you’ve done?
Or, even worse, sticking it back on ebay and have it trundle cross the country to yet another person?
I think that’s classed more as “throwing good money after bad”, isn’t it?
Sometimes you have to let go – Just put it straight in the recycling bin yourself and save the environment the extra carbon footprint.
Oh wait, they’re currently selling 44 other phones
So long, planet. Been nice knowing you.
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