Warranty Exchanges It can be hard to get a machine swapped out these days, we explain why Every manufacturer has their own method of dealing with exchanges as does every retailer but the systems and methods that are used are very often misunderstood by customers, as is the cost of exc…
Category: Buying Guides And Help
Appliance Buying Advice
This area of our site gives you extensive knowledge about choosing and buying new domestic appliances including washing machines, tumble dryers, dishwashers, fridge freezers, cookers, ovens and more.
If you need help picking the best washing machine or any other appliance these guides are designed to help you do just that and learn about what to look for and what to avoid. And some, you really should avoid!
You will find a section for each of the major appliance groups and buying guides and help for each within each section. However before you buy please look up the brand/s you are looking at in our manufacturer section to find out what you are really buying and from who as many are own label brands.
If you still need more help please use the forums to ask the expert people in the trade for their opinion.
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Domestic Appliance Extended Warranties
Extended Warranty They are not for everyone but here’s our very quick take on warranties or service plans Extended warranties usually are associated by some salesman trying to foist the store’s own warranty on the poor customer and refusing to accept “no” as an acceptable answer. Sadl…
Cooker Hood Buying And Installation Advice
Cooker Hood Advice Our comprehensive guide on buying and installing a cooker hood to get the best value from one Cooker hoods are an often ignored appliance as it seems consumers buy these appliances based purely on style as they are always on display; in fact they actually often form…
But My Old Machine Lasted 20 Years!
Appliance Lifespans Modern appliances do not last as long as old ones did, here’s some of the reasons why In service we often hear customers telling us how their appliance lasted years and years in the past and expect a new one to do likewise, hopefully this will explain why they ofte…
BSI & Oven Temperatures
Oven & Cooker Temperatures What the law says about how hot your oven, hob or cooker can get, you will be surprised! Often we get complaints from customers about the temperatures of the oven facia panels and the oven doors, usually the fault description is that the appliance is too…
Decor Doors On Integrated Appliances
Cupboard Doors On Appliances Stuff you need to know about integrated door-on appliances We will often come across issues with integrated appliances where there will be an issue not with the appliance itself as such but more with the door that is being fitted which can be too light or …
What Is In A Name?
What Brand Are You Buying Many people don’t realise that the brand they see is not who made the machine You may have read elsewhere on the site that many appliances are not what they seem to be, or at least what the public expects them to be. Hopefully, this will shed some light on th…
The Washing Machine Spin Speed Debate
Washing Machine Spin Speeds Before you spend money on a super-fast spin machine, think about these points Back in the late 70’s, the fastest spin you ever saw was 1000rpm, but 800rpm was far more commonplace then, with far slower spin machines being available readily. Nowadays,…
Warranty Problems And What Happens When It All Goes Wrong
As service agents we often get calls from customers seeking an exchange, more often that not, the retailer has told the customer to call us to organise this exchange. In fact it’s all too common that people think that a machine will be exchanged automatically if there is a fault and this is simpl…
Common Misconception About Warranty Service
Customers often do not seem to understand, or do not want to understand that repairers run a business, not a charity. And often don’t understand how the applaince industry works and why that the service that people experience is not perhaps what they might have been expecting. In blunt terms, we’…
