Name and shame

This month's raspberry for corporate malpractice goes to Philips- one of the country's leading iconic brands- for having a replacement components pricing system that encourages the throwaway society.

I've had Phillips electric razor for about four years and recently decided it was time to change the blades, as it doesn't shave as well as it used to. My local shop quoted me (deep breath) 45 Euro for the blades - and told me that a new razor (same model) costs 69 Euro. Today I saw the saw the same model in a discount shop for (guess what) 45 Euro. Economically it makes sense to buy the new model - ecologically it seems so wasteful. So if anyone from the public affairs department of Philips is reading this perhaps they can explain why a replacement set of blades retails at the same price as a new electric razor. It would be interesting to know. In the meantime guess whose products I am not going to buying.

As a postscript I have decided to cut and paste this blog to the relevant department at Philips to see if they do have an explanation.