GHD Hair straightners

Re: GHD Hair straightners

Hi Dave

We repair GHD our charge is £17.50 plus any parts then the VAT, quite reasonable really when you consider the retail of the straighteners is around the £140 mark.

There was at one time some Eastern origin fake straighteners and parts out thetre hence the warning on their website, I can`t believe that anyone like Connect or Masterpart would be that silly and not check the spares.

Don

Tis getting warmer on the red front only minus 1 now 😉

Re: GHD Hair straightners

squadman wrote:There is no doubt that as far as GHD are concerned there is an abundance of counterfeit products available both from the actual products as well as spares, However I cannot imagine that Europart or Connect would be supplying such items for obvious reason.

i have been repairing ghd for along time you do not get genuine parts ghd will not supply to anyone never

Re: GHD Hair straightners

I HONESTLY do NOT understand this forum sometimes….
I posted here yesterday and yet my post is not here today?

Re: GHD Hair straightners

Good to see some of this discussion emerging.

With a recession underway everybody in the trade is looking for new ways of diversifying to boost sales. The very real issue as a distributor Europart is seeing is the decreasing gap between the price of the spare part needed for the repair vs. price of new replacement finished appliance.

The small appliance repair market has been almost destroyed some cases because of the fact that (as a rule) you need to be able to complete a repair for the customer at about a cost of 25{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} against the cost of purchasing a new appliance. Where this isn’t possible the repair is rarely undertaken – altogether too common nowadays.

GHD spares remain affordable and readily available. This enables our customers to offer a blanket repair service – “any repair of any GHD for £40”, or a bespoke one where no single spare will cost the customer more than £15-£20.

In short the 25{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} rule is always a possibility.

GHD are regarded by users as the “Ferraris of Hair Straighteners”. With over 5 million units sold in the UK and a typical RRP of £80-£120 per unit. Customers value these appliances, and this in many cases makes these products are even more commercially viable to repair than many vacuum cleaners or budget home laundry appliances.

If your considering offering the service, think about the fact, you can take of stock of the items that 95{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of the time fail and need replacement for less than £50-£75. This doesn’t require a huge investment in stock, and it means that you can offer a quick turnaround service. Imagine if this was true for Indesit appliances for example!

To boot, the repairs themselves are relatively simple to perform. We see this as being the key. You can to add a new profitable dimension to your business, with minimal investment of capital and skill to enable this. Ultimately, it doesn’t require much of a risk. Something few of us can afford to take given the current strains upon the trade.