Those of you that have been keeping you eyes open will be aware that the next meeting is to take place on 20th February 2009 at the Hilton Hotel in Coventry (www.hilton.co.uk/coventry). Unlike previous meetings we have tried to bring all the manufacturers to the table, with a view to allowing the…
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Woman Takes Washing Machine Repair Man Hostage!
The Sun has reported that an irate Tracey Fox was so sick of a company failing to fix her washing machine that she imprisoned a repair man in her house. Fed-up Tracey hasn’t been able to use her washing machine since before Christmas, despite a series of visits from service engineers. And when th…
Circuit City Enter Liquidation
US electronics and electrical retail giant Circuit City said on Friday that it is to liquidate the business in the States closing all its remaining stores.
Antonio Merloni – Production Restarts On Monday
News has reached us that production of Antonio Merloni appliances will restart on Monday following the company entering administration a few months ago. Of course Antonio Merloni owns and produces appliances under the Servis UK and Electra brand names as well as manufacturing appliances for many …
MFI Administrator Starts To Seek Payment
In a letter sent to many service agents, received this morning, The administrator acting on behalf of the failed furniture retailer, MFI, has requested payment for monies owed to MFI. Obviously the administrator, Zoflo Cooper, is unaware that virtually any spare parts bought by service agents wer…
Crying Baby put in Tumble Dryer
A babysitter has been charged with murder after putting a baby in a tumble drier so she could watch television undisturbed. Arielle Smith, 19, has been told she faces a second degree murder charge after the horrific incident in Harvey near New Orleans, Louisiana.
Haier To Produce In Thailand
China’s home-appliances giant Haier on Thursday opened a new 170-million-baht (4.9 million US Dollar) factory in Thailand to produce air conditioners for the domestic and export markets, company sources said. The new factory, situated in Prachin Buri, 70 kilometres north-east of Bangkok, has a ca…
Royal Mail Unveils Spare Parts Delivery Service
Royal Mail is launching an overnight parts distribution service, following a year-long pilot with white goods manufacturer Indesit Company. The service is based on a specialist network which delivers parts to field service engineers at their homes, business or vehicle by 8am, with real-time track…
Haier Become The World’s Largest Refrigeration Manufacturer
Chinese home appliance manufacturer Haier gained the top spot in the global white home appliance market with a market share of 6.3% in 2008, followed by LG, Whirlpool, and Electrolux, according to latest report released by market research firm Euromonitor. Sales of Haier refrigeration worldwide i…
Washing Machine Hack
Only in America… Would someone hack into an ancient toploader, install a network connection and associate electronics, a dodgy looking PSU to power that lot and then a switch to detect the state of the machine and then a big illuminated sign as well as reporting the wash was done on “Twitter”!