The Economics of the Daily Mail

Graham_Devon

daveyjp wrote: »

Its only "controversial" because the Telegraph wants it to be.

99.9% of people have no idea what the wattage of their vac is and won't care in a few months time.

People do seem to care.

John Lewis have seen sales of high power vacuum cleaners rise 92% in the last fortnight.

Heycock

Meanwhile in China, India and Brazil..........................................

michaels

I fill my 3kw kettle and use it to boil the water for cooking in a pan, this being more efficient than boiling the water in the pan. Perhaps someone can try and explain to me how using a 2kw kettle would be more efficient for this....

antrobus

I thought this thread was going to be about the economics of online media and the coming zombie apocalypse of the newspaper industry, but all the talk is of vacuum cleaners and diesel cars.

I'm confused now.

daveyjp

Graham_Devon wrote: »

People do seem to care.

John Lewis have seen sales of high power vacuum cleaners rise 92% in the last fortnight.

Because panic buyers read the paper and think more power=better. It doesn't.

John Lewis will be happy. They need to clear redundant stock to make way for the new more efficient machines which the manufacturers are waiting to hit the market with.

vivatifosi

antrobus wrote: »

I thought this thread was going to be about the economics of online media and the coming zombie apocalypse of the newspaper industry, but all the talk is of vacuum cleaners and diesel cars.

I'm confused now.

And as nobody has yet made a link between the Daily Mail and sucking, please allow me..

michaels

daveyjp wrote: »

Because panic buyers read the paper and think more power=better. It doesn't.

So when Which put 4 of 5 best buys with more than1600w they were wrong?

daveyjp

Next month 5 out of 5 best buys will be less than 1600w and they are ready to hit the shelves.

michaels

daveyjp wrote: »

Next month 5 out of 5 best buys will be less than 1600w and they are ready to hit the shelves.

Doh.......

Masomnia

daveyjp wrote: »

Next month 5 out of 5 best buys will be less than 1600w and they are ready to hit the shelves.

They'll be inferior to the choices you'd have had the previous month but never mind.

I have no objection to the regulations about labeling and having standardised ratings for vacuum cleaners, as that allows users to make a better informed comparison. Fine. The EU has a role to play there imho, as it's a way in which we can work together to make the market more efficient. If you have two A rated vacuum cleaners, one that's 1800W and one that's 1500W then you'll opt for the for the 1500W because either way you're getting an A rated vacuum cleaner, but the one you're getting will cost you less to run.

The problem is that decision is taken away from you when you start banning vacuum cleaners of a certain wattage.

FWIW I reckon the 1600W won't make too much difference, but when it goes down to 900W it'll be more of an issue.