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I think it's an Asian thing because I've noticed it in Laos, Vietnam and neighbouring countries - people here are reluctant to remove the labels from stuff they buy. I'm talking, basins, mirrors, toilets, washing machines, fridges, stereo equipment and the like although it doesn't stop there.

Why?

In the rented house we live in, the basins in both bathrooms (installed at least ten years ago) have stubborn but nonetheless disintegrating labels actually in the bit that fills up with water. They probably say something about the ISO Standard of the paperwork in the factory or how to best clean ceramic surfaces but, along with the maker's name on the mirror no-one thought to remove them.

Ideas please...

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I actually think that people here feel that the labels are a feature of the product.

In some cases I think there is even some status assumed, kind of like "look at what I bought".

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My teenage daughters variously label me as 'world's most prodigious perpetrator of lame jokes', 'Nazi task master' and 'daisy-sniffing lay-about'

Mrs T doesn't seem inclined to remove those labels.

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Having started this thread, I cooked dinner and noticed that the labels (brand, size and even the bl**dy price/barcode on the underside) on the Seagull saucepan I was using remain in place despite a serious seeing to with the Thai equivalent of a Brillo Pad.

I'm not going to let this beat me. Perhaps sandblasting.......:annoyed:

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