...but they buy considerably less hardware than I'd like
Och, I don't know if I want this one really, it's not quite the same one I had before...it was so good really, but it's different nowadays...don't build to last...
...my old one was a wedding present...ninety years it's lasted...longer than my husband did, and certainly more useful...
...how much did you say it was?...oh deary me, I wasn't expecting to pay that much...I say, are those mops? How lovely...