Old Creda needs replacing

[jjames]

Re: Old Creda needs replacing

Hi, if you have access to a van, there is a place in Halifax who sells a lot of washers with dents on the side etc, on ebay.

I haven’t used this company, however the units are advertised as still coming with full manufacturer’s warranty (and I have no reason to doubt this — I’ve bought a “damaged” item in the past and the manufacturer didn’t seem to mind when I queried the situation on the phone).

So a £350-400 Bosch etc will be available for the price you are talking about — if you are prepared to do a little legwork.

These units are rejected by customers on delivery — this is what happened with the fridge I bought. It was a £170 unit in 1996, it had quite a big dent on the right hand side, the installer asked if I wanted to reject or have money off. They offered 20 quid, I said 50, finally settled on £30. I didn’t care, you can’t see the dent when it’s installed. Fridge still with us 12 years later.

As for Beko, I’d go with your instinct quite honestly. Like you I’ve never had a peep of trouble out of their products when I’ve had them, the parts are cheap and from what I can make out the designs are quite old so a lot of what had been mentioned about certain Eurocrap brands doesn’t apply here.

If I was buying sub-£200 I’d buy Beko every time quite honestly. Only the mugs pay £190 for a £160 Indes*it with a different badge on it.

That ISE is based on a Beko unit. ISE clearly don’t have a problem with them!

[jjames]

Re: Old Creda needs replacing

May be worth having a look at this one: 220214553080

Stranger things have happened than this £400 AEG machine going for £250. Bargain city.

Also have a look here:

http://www.which.co.uk/files/applicatio … 127898.pdf

Although Beko’s dishwashers and washing machines/dryers are not listed, have a look at the fridges and cookers — this gives an idea of Beko’s general engineering competence.

And they are right up there at the top of the tree. This lends weight to my opinion that the anti-Beko sentiment expressed by many is based on pure prejudice. That, coupled with the cheap parts and cheap selling prices … seems to me they are the Hyundai of the appliance world.

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[madrat]

Re: Old Creda needs replacing

Well the day finally came, the creda is a dead duck 😥 well almost. We knew the day had finally come when turning up ther TV and shutting all the doors did not drownd out the noise of the motor bearings or the noise of the drum trying to leave the machine. The cat standing staring at it with arched back and tail looking like a bottle brush was a give away aswell. :rolls:

We have placed an order for a Beko WMA642W

We are paying £25 extra by gettting it from a mail order company but we have it on buy now pay next April and then its on 52 weeks interest free 😛

The Creda is going in the shed to replace the even older Bendix compact, used for washing the filters from the fish pond, the old bendix will be stored in the other shed for when the Creda dances its last dance. at least I will be able to fit all the filters into the Creda in one go.

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