[speaker001:] okay have you had to return anything lately that you've bought
[speaker002:] um no not really I uh I may have had to have a a few minor repairs but I haven't bought anything of any consequences other than clothes and things and I will be in the very near future I'm gonna be buying a big computer and
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] um one of these eight millimeter camcorders
[speaker001:] oh yeah that'll be nice
[speaker002:] so I been I been studying these things but uh I haven't had to return too many things I
[speaker001:] I haven't either really
[speaker002:] I I I try to be very careful when I pick up something and and look it over to make sure that it looks like it's going to to work
[speaker001:] right right well I think it's gotten easier nowadays if you have something and you have to return it most most places are willing to you know go with the customer
[speaker002:] and I think it really turns down to picking who you want to buy from and I hate to say it but the field electronics devices that I buy the the ones in Japan in generally
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] are much higher quality from working
[speaker001:] on uh yeah I know that I know
[speaker002:] I mean I hate to admit it but it's true they they they have a higher percentage of uh completely working models that get out to the public
[speaker001:] that's true that's true I haven't had to return anything that I can think of but uh you know with like radios and things they've become so cheap that even if they do break it's better just to go get another one than have it fixed
[speaker002:] you that's right you you were speaking of that about a week ago I bought myself a new digital watch
[speaker001:] you know uh-huh
[speaker002:] that was made in China
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] works just fine and it cost me four dollars
[speaker001:] yeah uh the stuff like that you know
[speaker002:] yes it's amazing isn't it
[speaker001:] yeah and I you know like television and stereos and things they're a lot cheaper if they're Japanese made
[speaker002:] yes
[speaker001:] you know I've I've gotten to the point where I think so but um I've had to return um I think a television one time and um uh the color went out but and it was like a month later and I didn't have any problem whatsoever which I think is good but
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] you know years ago you didn't never have to return anything everything worked for so long
[speaker002:] that's right and and and that's been really um way it's been for me for the last five or six years that I returned a TV set to be repaired but the problem was that uh we had a a lightning storm and
[speaker001:] oh yeah
[speaker002:] the lightning flashed in through the power and uh hurt something in it so it wasn't the set's fault at all it was just uh one of those circumstances
[speaker001:] um-hum well that's not bad at all well this is the first time I've ever gotten anybody outside of Texas
[speaker002:] no well I tell you most of my talks are in Texas that's true I but I've been I've been uh talked into um California twice in the last uh week or two
[speaker001:] really wow
[speaker002:] so it's uh it's nice but but I know how it is if you're gonna take care of Texas you have to live in Texas I suppose
[speaker001:] oh my heavens but let's see um I can't think of any other products I've taken back um clothes is about mainly what I've you know gotten lately and I think they've gone downhill
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] as as far as unless you it's you get what you pay for
[speaker002:] well we're being filled up with a lot of of stores that have huge quantities of of uh clothes and articles and you know we've got Wal-Marts and Gee Gee Bees and a whole bunch of things and
[speaker001:] right um-hum um-hum
[speaker002:] I don't know how we can support all of those things and the and and the only way they can stay alive is to buy cheaper products so they can put them on the market cheaper for the public
[speaker001:] that's true right
[speaker002:] and when that happens more of those products are likely to have uh inferior working ability and that's when you have to start returning them
[speaker001:] yeah yeah I agree with you it's kind of hard for the small man
[speaker002:] so yeah
[speaker001:] to make it you know with the the homemade thing
[speaker002:] that's right and I I I have a friend who does make uh beautiful furniture but he has to charge twice as much when you go to a store
[speaker001:] you know um-hum right
[speaker002:] if it looks beautiful and it's well made but people can't afford it
[speaker001:] wow that's pretty interesting
[speaker002:] yep
[speaker001:] hum let me think of something else here
[speaker002:] huh
[speaker001:] um I can't that's the only thing I can think of is clothes you know and and they're going up so high if you want a well made you know piece of clothing or in matter of fact furniture also you know you have to go you have to pay a lot more it's the old adage you get get what you pay for
[speaker002:] yes
[speaker001:] but um you know and you can get oh I know I bought a real cheap couch one time and it looked good but it was cheap and it didn't last very long you know
[speaker002:] do you
[speaker001:] I think the frame of it wasn't really good because it was probably mass produced
[speaker002:] hum
[speaker001:] you know
[speaker002:] actually I had some uh I bought a water softener for my home
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and I didn't have to return it but it didn't work well and I finally I finally had to have the company come out and to check it out so I did have that problem
[speaker001:] uh-huh hum
[speaker002:] and it was a matter I think it was more of the installation was part of the problem than the machine itself
[speaker001:] do you have a problem with your water heater
[speaker002:] if you