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6 Post author: Algon 03 May 2015 06:16PM

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Comment author: Algon 04 May 2015 06:44:01PM -2 points [-]

I meant things like that, on that sort of scale and complexity.

Comment author: ChristianKl 04 May 2015 06:46:49PM 0 points [-]

Could you list what things of that scale and complexity you brought in the three years and roughly what you payed for that?

In my own experience I don't think I spent $600 dollar on that kind of stuff.

Comment author: Algon 04 May 2015 07:01:59PM 0 points [-]

Alright. So, personally (as I'm just one person, and fairly frugal by nature, with a pretty poor memory) I have bought several tissue box holders, a little soap box, two phone cases, a replacement for my satchel's arm strap (which could have been easily repaired with a 3D printer), a couple of plastic door handles, several headphones which I replaced because the little bits at the end broke of (you know, the small ones) and I had to get, and would like to get, several other things replaced because of some small but important little bits that fell off.

This is off the top of my head, and I'm not even the home owner. If you included all the little bits and bobs over the past three years that my family and I have bought/replaced and would like to replace but its too damn expensive over the past three years, I think £400 is not too unreasonable, which is about $600.