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to think that £150 is a ridiculous amount of money to spend on a toaster

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lucyellensmum · 30/06/2007 21:40

and even more unreasonable to have actually considered doing so (especially as we are a bit boracic just now).

I mean, is it REALLY going to make better toast than the £19.99 jobby from argos, or do i just want it to look pretty (very 50's retro) But seriously, does it make a difference? I remember my mother giving us quite an expensive toaster ages ago and it made shite toast, although it wasnt £150.

We have been making toast on the grill for years now because of the shite toaster but now i want a toaster and cant decide on £9.99 or saving up for an all singing all dancing toaster in primrose yellow and shiny chrome.

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lucyellensmum · 30/06/2007 22:40

thanks SM, that does sound like a good idea although i never wear make up. Am going to pluck up the courage to go to the hair dressers though and spend too much money on my hair.

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ScottishMummy · 30/06/2007 22:41

i love your posh lavvy roll holder..be a pleasure to use

ScottishMummy · 30/06/2007 22:42

lucyellenmum - make sur u get yer fill of tea, latre and wine and magazine too

Megglevache · 30/06/2007 22:43

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Desiderata · 30/06/2007 22:46

I know someone who's recently bought a toaster because it was designed by Porsche. It was in the price bracket you describe, Lucy.

Nought to burnt in thirty seconds. Pile of crap.

ladygrinningsoul · 30/06/2007 22:47

I haven't read all the messages, but would just like to say that we bought a Dualit because we thought it would be cheaper in the long run. This was after I broke 4 cheap toasters by pushing the spring mechanism down too hard when I had a hangover and was desperate for toast and marmite (on 4 separate occasions, not all at once). The Dualit is still going strong after 11 years of daily use.

ScottishMummy · 30/06/2007 22:47

a gas guzzlin porsche toaster

MrsSpoon · 30/06/2007 22:57

Actually I could probably post a list of things that many would feel we had spent 'daft' money on but bottom line is most of these items have long outlasted cheaper versions we have had in the past and are therefore more environmentally friendly so indirectly giving to a good cause.

ScottishMummy · 30/06/2007 23:20

yes i agree

toomanyshoes · 30/06/2007 23:22

i also agree but in my heart i know that i would still but the thing that looked the nicest, even if i knew it would break down in six months! tragic really, it is an affliction!

toomanyshoes · 30/06/2007 23:23

sorry, 'buy' the thing obviously!

amidaiwish · 01/07/2007 00:04

i have a dualit toaster (wedding pressie, FAB)
also had the UPGRADED version of that Siemens kettle (£130!) and it broke
but i am a mug.

but you know, they are out on the worktop, they NEED TO LOOK GOOD....

sorry, should go to bed, too many mojitos tonight

amidaiwish · 01/07/2007 00:05

but it did boil water amazingly fast....

MintyDixCharrington · 01/07/2007 00:13

our toaster was bought in argos in um..... 1994 for £7.99 and is still going strong despite near-constant use. I keep waiting for it to break so I can go and buy a fancy one, but it won't. It is a thing of wonder.

When I say "fancy one" I mean spending maybe £40. I mean, its just toast. And dualits are crap

amidaiwish · 01/07/2007 00:15

dualits are fab.

ScummyMummy · 01/07/2007 00:16

You can make toast under the grill and spend £0 on a toaster. [helpful]

toomanyshoes · 01/07/2007 00:18

MintyDixCharrington - if you have had the same £7.99 toaster since 1994 how do you know dualits are crap?

SaintGeorge · 01/07/2007 00:19

Minty, we have the 1989 Argos model. Wedding present. I've dropped it at least twice but it still toasts to, well, pretty much perfection.

MintyDixCharrington · 01/07/2007 00:19

(not if you have an aga scummy)
(then you need to make it on the hot plate and buy a special aga toasting rack which costs a ridiculous £17.50 or something similar)

MintyDixCharrington · 01/07/2007 00:20

because I know many many many many people who all put them on their wedding lists and all think they are crap based on the fact that they never made good toast and died somewhere between the honeymoon and year 3 of the marriage

MintyDixCharrington · 01/07/2007 00:21

oooh stgeorge!
Vintage toasters. Marvellous

ScummyMummy · 01/07/2007 00:22

Oh ok. But an aga keeps towels warm so has other advantages if you like that sort of thing I guess?

MintyDixCharrington · 01/07/2007 00:26

very good for warming bottoms on these chilly june oh no look it is july fancy that nights, too!

have just been to a party. outside. under a sort of awning-y tenty thing. in Party Clothes. I am cold and wet and rather cross about the weather!

ScummyMummy · 01/07/2007 00:30

Have a warming nap on the aga while you make warming toast in your argos toaster, then you will feel all warm and cosy.

elfinblast · 01/07/2007 00:51

I've got a dualit toaster. It looks great, but doesn't toast any better than my previous toaster which was given to me by my mums church group as the slots weren't wide enough for tea cakes. However, the cheapy church toaster was nearly new and was falling apart 4 years on.
The dualit is as good as new 5 years later.

I've got a brabantia bin too!