okay hi Norma have you uh taken anything back lately uh that you've bought
hi
well the only thing we've taken back recently are plants shrubbery that were guaranteed and we had no problem with it we got our money got our money back
well why
very good
good well what do you think that uh consumer goods goods are generally getting better or worse in quality
well
i believe they're better
i do too
i believe about ten years ago that we went through a terrible time
but i don't i i believe that they're better now than they were
i think so i don't think that shoddy not as shoddy electrical appliances i think are pretty good reliable reliable
however i didn't like it very well when the transmission went out on my car with sixty three thousand miles on it
right
and i don't like it very well if when my electric blanket that was only one year old went out at uh on one side
oh did you return it
no i had moved away
no
uh-huh
i had taken the first one back i didn't think that it heated well enough it never did get anything but just moderately warm
took it back and um the people told me well that's the way it's supposed to be and i fell for it and uh when i got this one
it did a little it heated a little bit warmer and then after one year it started heating only on one side
huh so either you or your husband can be warm but not both
also i took an iron back after having it only one year
oh
now i figure that uh anybody that is dumb enough to iron
needs to have an iron that will last a long time and one year of ironing only once a week is not long enough for it to last
no huh-uh did they replace it
well without even any question but i think it was the store
uh-huh Wal-Mart i was going to say it must have been Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart
yes and uh well well have you been buying any clothes lately any new clothes
i haven't bought any new clothes well
the last thing i bought was a dress last summer
and the buttons turned on it over over the winter the buttons tarnished slightly and i have not gone back about it
that was poor quality i think
i think it is too and it was an expensive dress
i wondered if it weren't expensive and they should have put buttons on it that would last forever
yes it was
that's right that's what i think too and one belt loop the one um you know like the chain link chain belt loop
yes
half of it raveled out
and that was i believe a Leslie Faye dress and it was
the
i think over a hundred dollars
do you spend that much on your dresses
yep i don't usually but i did that one
you're really divulging very personal information
but i think it should've been better than that for that money is what i mean
oh of course i do too
well i believe that we've been talking about five minutes and Norma it is just wonderful to talk to you
okay i think so
good talking to you too i've enjoyed it ah
you are a good one to talk about consumer goods because you keep up on it all the time
well we'll be talking to you later bye-bye
bye-bye
