Island Life Magazine Ltd October/November 2007 | Page 111

LOCAL BUSINESS

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Rangemaster Design
Centre at Buywise

Buywise opened for business
on the Island in 1976 primarily
servicing domestic appliances.
During the 90’s most appliances
became progressively
cheaper because of increased
competition and a lowering of
quality standards. Following
deregulation of the appliance
industry by the government,
large supermarkets and
others entered the market
pushing prices even lower.
Many appliances today
are manufactured to a
price, not to a quality.
In the 21st Century servicing
of most cheaper appliances is
uneconomical as these typically
have a design life of around
3 or 4 years. Buywise policy
has always been to supply
the best value for money at a
particular price point and to
that end we were extremely
pleased to be offered the
opportunity to open one of only
a handful of RANGEMASTER
DESIGN CENTRES in
the South of England.
Rangemaster, part of the
AGA group of companies,
offers a very well-constructed
range of products for the
discerning cook including
range cookers, ovens, hobs,

side by side refrigerators and
all the associated accessories
needed to complete the perfect
kitchen. Our RANGEMASTER
DESIGN CENTRE is tailored to
show almost every available
model and an example of all
12 colour finishes available.
Having a RANGEMASTER
DESIGN CENTRE gives Buywise
the ability to offer their Island
customers the same choice
that is normally only available
on the mainland and our prices
compete with the best around,
including internet traders,
without the associated risks.
We can also deliver purchases
at a convenient time through
our own dedicated delivery
team and remove old cookers.
Rangemaster have been
manufacturing cooking ranges
in the UK since the mid 19th
century and as a celebration
of that have recently reintroduced a range cooker
with the ‘Kitchener’ name
used on their very first model.
All Rangemaster cookers
carry a manufacturers 2 year
guarantee as an assurance
of their superb build quality.

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Shanklin Jewellers are happy
Faberge item has a signed
to announce that they are
photo-certificate, showing
now stockists of Faberge.
that each object conforms to
From the initial design, wax
the high standard of quality
modelling, goldsmithing and
demanded by Faberge.
enamelling, emerges an
If you would like to view the
exquisite piece of jewellery.
latest catalogue then please
Shimmering opalescent hues
call in to Shanklin Jewellers,
of the enamel are achieved
located in the High Street,
through engine turned
where either Robin or his wife
(guilloche) surfaces on 18ct
Imogen will be more
gold. The ‘sun-ray’
than happy to discuss
patterns refract light
your requirements.
so that all the colours
of the spectrum are
reflected back through
the enamel. Each piece has
up to seven layers of enamel
applied to the guilloche gold
beneath it. It then has
multiple firings, up to 800°C.
To finish, each item is hand
polished with a transparent
‘fondant’ enamel applied to any
gold leaf ‘paillons’, which may
have been added in the design.
Such a labour intensive
process reflects the quality
Photo: Mike Sleep
of Faberge’s work. Each

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