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  • #5585
    Martin
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    I wonder how many of you guys(& gals πŸ˜‰ ) out there that fix things, recognise this and realise its significance to us in the trade πŸ˜•

    It’s worth more than twopence to most of us πŸ˜‰

    Martin

    P.S. Don’t give the game away if you do recognise it but rather tell us when you first spotted one OK ❗

    #111982
    kwatt
    Keymaster

    Working on sites I know all to well what it is. πŸ˜‰

    K.

    #111983
    eastlmark
    Moderator

    Re: Do you recognise this?

    When your running late, had a load of awkward jobs and had just about enough, one of these is a very welcome sight indeed!

    #111984
    eastlmark
    Moderator

    Re: Do you recognise this?

    mind you, when you need one of those you can never seem to find one or anything to replace it.

    #111985
    Martin
    Participant

    Re: Do you recognise this?

    eastlmark wrote:mind you, when you need one of those you can never seem to find one or anything to replace it.

    I got this one you can have in your toolbox Mark if it will get you out of trouble 8) ❓

    Martin

    #111986
    Penguin45
    Participant

    Did one yesterday – new build of course.

    P45.

    #111987
    eastlmark
    Moderator

    Re: Do you recognise this?

    Martin wrote:

    eastlmark wrote:
    mind you, when you need one of those you can never seem to find one or anything to replace it.

    I got this one you can have in your toolbox Mark if it will get you out of trouble 8) ❓

    Martin

    Thanks for the offer but they dont always fit every place.

    #111988
    Penguin45
    Participant

    And don’t forget the one’s you have to saw the end off……
    Penguin.

    #111989
    Dave_Conway
    Participant

    Re: Do you recognise this?

    Now I do πŸ˜†

    The cash next to it is significant, those things must’ve made us all a few bob over the years πŸ˜‰

    Dave.

    #111990
    kwatt
    Keymaster

    It’s also caused a lot of grief as well…

    “The manufacturer will not pay for installation faults, please invoice the customer”

    Sound familiar? πŸ™

    K.

    #111991
    Dave_Conway
    Participant

    kwatt wrote:Sound familiar? πŸ™

    Yes πŸ˜₯

    Dave.

    #111992
    Alex
    Participant

    Re: Do you recognise this?

    I’ve even had a customer who swore it must have come out of his machine & cannot see why he should pay.

    Best thing was it was in the days of Currys Philco same day service, I got there in the winter at gone 7.30 p.m. & he moaned I was late. Compounded by the fact it was a cottage in a village, there were no outside lights and analogue mobiles didn’t work in the area, so I had to drive up & down the road, looking in gateways until I found a modern bungalow called Glebe Cottage. (No logic in that name at all, it wasn’t even near the church).

    As soon as I looked at the kitchen & whilst he was telling me the machine & our service was cr@p, I was mentally adding the vat to Β£60. Our service fee at the time was Β£28 + vat, but I made him painfully aware that as I was out in the middle of nowhere that time of night & he was not prepared to wait 24 hours, “this is what it will cost you sir, had you waited until tomorrow when I have a pre-booked call for this area, it would have been a lot cheaper!”

    Tee Hee.

    Alex

    #111993
    Oldtog
    Participant

    Re: Do you recognise this?

    Do I recognise it er, well I do.

    Some years back a customer complained her Hoover washer was not draining. Guess what I found ?? (no prizes folks). I showed the customer the problem and explained why it would not drain πŸ™‚ . I was taken back when she said it had been working fine for many years and it had been connected to the same connection all that time πŸ˜• πŸ˜• πŸ™„ 😳 .

    Who say’s miracles don’t happen.

    OT

    #111994
    shane
    Participant

    Re: Do you recognise this?

    Oldtog wrote:Do I recognise it er, well I do.

    Some years back a customer complained her Hoover washer was not draining. Guess what I found ?? (no prizes folks). I showed the customer the problem and explained why it would not drain πŸ™‚ . I was taken back when she said it had been working fine for many years and it had been connected to the same connection all that time πŸ˜• πŸ˜• πŸ™„ 😳 .

    Who say’s miracles don’t happen.

    OT

    If I may deviate slightly on this thread. Some years ago I went to a newish Zanussi jetsystem for no drain, after removing the pump I found
    a large green “item of correspondence, with a Parisian postmark” wrapped round the impellor. I carefully extricated it with long-nosed pliers and left in top of the chest freezer, then tiptoed quietly away. It was at a farm and the appliance was in a open utility room so i did not see the owners.
    Shane

    #111995
    Martin
    Participant

    Re: Do you recognise this?

    shane wrote:“item of correspondence, with a Parisian postmark”

    Good Lord 😯

    I never realised they were ‘machine washable’ crickey πŸ˜‰

    Martin

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