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> > "Conrad Edwards" > wrote in message
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> > > "Vox Humana" > wrote in message
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> > I find it interesting that you anticipate shopping for a microwave will
> take
> > a lot of days. In the US, there are giant retailers who have displays of
> > dozens of different microwaves form several different manufactures. After
> > visiting a couple of these stores, you will have seen about anything that
> is
> > available. Such stores are generally located very close together in my
> > area. Within two miles of my home I can go to Best Buy, Circuit City, HH
> > Gregg, Sears, Wal-Mart, and a couple regional chains that sell electronics
> > and appliances. It might take two hours, but not several days.
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In the UK there are really two major chains (Currys, Comet) that have
a display of maybe twenty microwaves. Usually the same 'major' brands
with only slight differences. Then it's a case of trawling the small
specialist shops which seem to be few and far between.
In the UK the cheaper Sharp models have a painted interior which, I've
been told, can get damaged over time and start corroding underneath
then peeling off.
So I am really limited in choice as to what I can easily get hold of.
If I could find the right model then I could buy over the
internet...that's why I asked what models were out there.