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#173371 20-May-2015 20:27
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Consumer NZ $3 for 3 months cancel anytime. With online access.

https://www.consumer.org.nz/purchase/winter-heating-guide

If you wanted to see some reports now could be the time.

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  #1308856 20-May-2015 20:56
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Only to read nonsense where they lump all appliances with the same name on them together to determine reliability and mark things down because their panel of idiots found them hard to use? No thanks.




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  #1308871 20-May-2015 21:12
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Even at $3 still represents very poor value for money.

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  #1308894 20-May-2015 21:34
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"we had a lot of (brandname) washing machines breakdown in their first 3 years. We wont break it down by model or type or anything, you just need to know that (otherbrand) had fewer breakdowns in their first year. Because science"




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  #1308902 20-May-2015 22:00
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Some reports are better than others. At the end of the day it is just another small input into a buying decision.

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  #1308928 20-May-2015 22:20
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I still remember 10 years ago when I was working at bond and bond they "highly recommended" a washing machine we sold that we all knew was very unreliable.

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