A true, but boring little tale about a washing machine.  Some years ago our washing machine had a problem, so we called out a trusty acquaintance ( who fixes washing machines ) to sort it out.  While chatting as he was fixing ( as you do ) we told him that we would have preferred the top of the range machine, but couldn't justify the extra £150 just for the 2 of us. It had a much higher spin speed ( so the clothes came out needing a lot less drying ) and it had many more options ( different sorts of washes and economy stuff etc. etc. ).  He said " how would you like that top of the range machine for another £30", " yes please " says us......so out he goes to his van and comes back with a completely brand new fascia / control panel. " there you go " he said " that's the only difference, same machine, same drum, same bearings etc. etc. the panel just tells it to spin faster and to give you lots of other options ".

   Just like the factory wrapping sliced bread for Sunblest, when they ran out of Sunblest wrapping..........they started wrapping the same bread in Tesco wrappers.

  It's all a game, them trying to take the **** out of us and us getting savvy enough to work it out.