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Mar 03, 2013 Letters
Dear Editor,
I experienced much the same thing with their umbrellas and clocks in the 1990s.
The umbrellas looked attractive on the outside, the clocks had pretty faces, but 3 outings with the umbrella and, according to Mr Bouchard, ‘bladang’ – the spokes started to fall away from the seams and the structure eventually collapsed. The clock stopped working after about three days and we could not ‘coax’ it back to life.
When I read a few years later that many of their exports to underdeveloped countries were allegedly made by prison inmates, everything fell into place.
Never mind, exporters in other nations seem to regard Guyana as a soft touch. While there, I found that many of the smaller stores were stocked with what could easily be described as ‘second grade’ goods, particularly in the electrical field.
A ‘press’ button on my TV set fell inwards and could not be retrieved “unless the back was taken off”.
My electric iron seemed awkward to use – until I realised that it was probably meant for left-handed people – the cord was put on the ‘wrong’ way round.
The start button on my vacuum cleaner fell away after using the cleaner twice, a few minutes each time. The shop had it put back on, and the owner’s wife demonstrated that it was now in working order.
She advised me not to “use it too much”! I asked her to switch it on once more, she did, and the start button promptly fell off again! I bought a different brand, paying a bit more. These items were not cheap.
I wondered about such things as ‘quality control’ and imports to Guyana.
One hopes things have improved since those days.
Geralda Dennison
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