Re: Typical LIEBERAL SCUM

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From: jg
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:10

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B J Foster wrote:
> On 22/10/2011 6:57 PM, Tony Bryer wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:24:06 +1100 B J Foster wrote :
>>> The excessive regulation simply increases the cost of housing. As
>>> a leftist loser, you obviously don't care that we have the least
>>> affordable homes in the world.
>>
>> If there are defects in a building someone has to pay to sort them
>> out. Shorten the warranty period and you need to increase the body
>> corp levies so as to build up a reserve to cover possible work.
>>
>> If you get the quality right in the first place, the cost of a
>> warranty is negligible. British Leyland in the 1970s were reputedly
>> spending 10% of the cost of a car on warranty work; the Japs came
>> in with three warranties that cost them a fraction of this.
>>
> 
> Did the gubbermint tell us to buy Japanese cars?


The fact they offer long warranties means the Japs don't expect any 
claims because the cars are good quality.

If buildings are good quality, there shouldn't be any warranty claims 
either. Long warranties only drive up cost if quality is poor, or normal 
wear and tear is mistaken for poor quality.

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