On Jan 16, 5:12*pm, JNugent wrote:

You are surely wrong. "Most people" see more than that depreciate off the
value of their car every year. Flat screen TVs must be depreciating fast as
well (though not by £1,000 pa). They can afford it. If they couldn't, they
er... wouldn't.

Not so much now. You never heard of the credit crunch on your planet?