Rumbling Grinding Pump

[helo_75]

thing is, its a budgeting thing.. apparently good value, and consumer naivity

my motto? buy cheap – buy twice

spend the money next time and get a quality machine.. that day will be sooner than you expected

[Penguin45]

Re: Rumbling Grinding Pump

OK…….. It’s called “cost engineering”. This is the trick of making an appliance which will last the guarantee period and a few days/weeks/months before a significant failure, depending upon your budget manufacturer. WDK has obviously had the “in-guarantee” experience. For a mere £100, you can have “free parts” (each time you call) for the following 4 years (unless you actually buy the extended warranty they want to ram down your throat when you call in…. :rolls: ). The simple truth is that there is probably not one single part in your machine which costs the Indesit Company more than £20, so it’s still profit, profit, profit. Trouble is, by and large, they’re all at it. The Indesit Company is seen in the Trade as the big bad wolf, as most of us remember “The Old Days” when the machines were simple, repairable and parts were cheap. Even so, the machines weren’t actually that good, but were repairable at an economic price. Now……… they’re not.

WDK has made the first step and realised that a combi washer dryer just isn’t it. Now he needs to make some sensible choices about what to buy when it finally pegs off. You can be sure it won’t be long.

Sorry if that’s a bit brutal, but you will get what you pay for.

Regards,

Penguin45.

[WDK8990]

This WD860 cost me just shy of £500. I hardly think that’s buying cheap. It was the top of the range model, and in terms of placement in the range is still fairly high I believe.

Had I purchased a £100 bargain basement model I would expect to get what I paid for, but at £500 I expected quality. I didn’t get it.

Add to that the days of work to wait for engineers etc. and iit was a very costly mistake.

[helo_75]

£500 for a washer dryer is cheap

but the badge on the front should have been warning enough

another good british company thrown down the toilet by the italians

[WDK8990]

Hindsight is a great thing, and so many people have told me that buying Hotpoint was a huge mistake. I have found that out the hard way.

Hoping to change to seperate machines later this year.

Any suggestions on good brands to choose?

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