On Jan 6, 10:35*am, Sheldon > wrote:
> On Jan 6, 11:28 am, "Jean B." > wrote:
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> > Sheldon wrote:
> > > "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:
> > >>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090105/...ain_waterford_....
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> > >> LONDON - Waterford Wedgwood PLC, the maker of classic china
> > >> and crystal, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday after attempts
> > >> to restructure the struggling business or find a buyer failed.
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> > > People don't buy those products anymore, not since the advent of fast
> > > food... for years now folks have been conditioned to thinking fine
> > > dining acootiements are made of styrofoam, and the closest thing to
> > > fine crystal is saran wrap.
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> > > I just spent the last few days researching which handheld showerhead
> > > to buy, today they're all plastic, thin crappy plastic. I had a
> > > Teledyne Waterpic showerhead for some 20 years and finally it cracked
> > > and sprung a leak I couldn't repair even with Gorilla Glue. So
> > > naturally I ordered a new one... well, the plastic is now so thin it
> > > weighs no more than an egg shell, and the fittings are thin crappy
> > > plastic too (the fittings on the old one are solid brass with real
> > > chrome plating). I can buy a solid brass showerhead but not a hand-
> > > held type, those are all made entirely of crappy thin plastic. And
> > > when I phoned the various manufacturers their customer service
> > > personel become all huffy when I voiced my displeasure about how their
> > > products are now plastic.. in fact they argued with me that their
> > > products are "chrome"... they are not chrome, they are made of plastic
> > > and coated with a plastic film that looks like chrome. Anyway I ended
> > > up ordering this, in hopes it can be installed and not leak like the
> > > Waterpic:http://tinyurl.com/8xdvfd
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> > >http://www.amazon.com/Delta-75580-In...hower/dp/B000L....
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> > > But now getting back to Waterford... I have (had) one of their crystal
> > > picture frames... the glass part is fine but the easel insert that
> > > holds the picure in and props up the whole deal after some 20 years
> > > finally gave way... remember those black shoelaces I got from the
> > > dollar store, my attempt to repair the frame backing. Well I called
> > > Waterford to find out how I could buy a new insert (it's just a
> > > cardboard thingie with swivel clips that hold it to the glass and the
> > > hinged support), I figured how much could it cost, wrong thinking,
> > > it's not available at any price... the anwser I got from Waterford's
> > > customer service is that essentially I'd have to toss the entire thing
> > > and buy new... and she was so surly, not at all helpful or apologetic,
> > > in fact she actually told me that I used it for twenty years, wasn't
> > > that enough? duh. I will never again buy Waterford, and I suppose now
> > > neither will anyone else... they deserve to have failed. Right after
> > > that conversation with Waterford's cutomer service (no service) I
> > > tossed the entire crystal frame in the trash... the photo is now in a
> > > simple inexpensive wood frame I think made in the Philippines, and I
> > > like it better than that bulky grotesque hunk of way over priced
> > > bottle glass
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> > > I firmly believe this is the reason why so many companies are failing,
> > > they don't give a crap about their customers, and the greedy *******s
> > > have cheapened their products to the point that they are not fit for
> > > their intended use. I have no pity for the miserable creeps going
> > > kaput, good riddance to bad rubbish. Folks will never miss Waterford.
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> > I find the original subject sad, but in general you have a VERY
> > good point.
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> No one needs Waterford crystal. *The picture frame was a gift, I would
> never buy such a thing. *By not selling the backings Waterford gave me
> the perfect excuse to dispose of that grotesque glass frame... I was
> tired of wasting Windex on it.- Hide quoted text -
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You could have cut a new piece of cardboard to fit and then used clear
caulk or hot glue to fasten it - permanently, yes, but it would have
worked. You could have put a picture of your favoritist kitty in it,
for all time. An easel back isn't that hard to make.
N.