In Reply to: wonder if you thought of posted by Angela on Friday, 2. December 2005 at 22:29 Bali Time:
Buying something that is imported,
like appliances isn't necessarily cheaper
since there is a heavy import duty added on.
Also,
when buying second hand appliances hre,
they don't do like in the western world
where practically brand new items
automatically go down in price by 50%.
You're lucky if they go down 20%.
It's just a different mentality here.
Not like inthe western world,
where we consume and get rid of it,
here they repair it, and repair it agin.
IF you are lucky to find a second hand discounted appliance,
then you have to be the first one to call,
since there will be several others that live here keeping their eyes open.
Then you will have to drive all the way to where they are located
to see if it is what you want.