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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Jules Richardson wrote:

> Except that such stores don't really exist over this side of the pond
> any more - they've all been forbidden from selling electrical goods by
> the health & safety morons (as in "Oh my God, it plugs into the wall -
> that's *dangerous* and someone might sue us").
>
> Actually, given that our current stupid compensation culture seems to
> have jumped the pond from the US, I'm quite surprised such places exist
> over there too.

Charity shops in the US are increasingly not carrying computer goods,
mainly because if they end up being unsaleable crap they have to pay high
disposal fees.

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