Should this post be..

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http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=17756

… Pulled?.

We’ve got a DIY’er giving blow by blow instructions to other DIY’ers.

Personally I wouldn’t put up a blow by blow guide in the public forum (I didn’t think it was allowed 😕 ).

So I definately don’t think punter A should be telling punter B how to do something.

Your thoughts please Gents.

[kwatt]

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Already discussed by the mods.

Short version, there’s not a lot we can do without looking like nazis. Apart from which they’d just scamper off to God knows what other site/s to do the same.

Long version, read the previous threads on the same subject, it comes up with an alarming frequency.

But so long as we don’t do it then it’s my opinion that it carries little weight and that anyone that wasn’t going to try it still isn’t.

Like I keep saying, Haynes manuals didn’t bankrupt all the garages did they?

K.

[admin]

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I’ve just posted, a friendly warning.

whilst I admit it’s a little late in the day, I think we can be extremely strong on the consequences of continuing.

Kevin

[Bryan]

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boro wrote:Your thoughts please Gents.

For what it`s worth boro , I agree with you :). Leaving it as it is certainly has to be encouraging DIY repairs at very least :x.

Been discussed many times in the past , true enough :rolls:.

Bryan

[Penguin45]

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30,000 repairers, 10 calls a day = 300,000 calls a day, 5/6 days a week. What goes on in our public forums isn’t even a spit in the bucket…….. So long as the Mods (or other sensible members) see that the posts are kept safe there’s not really anything to be done.

It’s not so very long ago that the trade fridge lads were watching a Fridge forum thread (Whirlpool?), waiting for the technical outcome as it would actually benefit them………..

The forum rules state that we will not walk them through any given repairs. They do not state that a punter can’t explain what he’s done for all to see. As I said, so long as it’s safe.

Chris.

[Martin]

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I was wondering when someone would pick up on the WFG2420 door boot replacement? Very interesting comments so far. This one a little puzzling though? : –

Penguin45 wrote:30,000 repairers, 10 calls a day = 300,000 calls a day, 5/6 days a week. What goes on in our public forums isn’t even a spit in the bucket……..

Are there really that many calls in the UK….really? Come on….!

Will that figure increase by this time next year I wonder? Are repairs and repairers on the increase?

On the other hand, is the Internet on the increase? Broadband in every home? How many of those 300,000 have got access to the Internet? The Haynes manual has been replaced these days by the Internet. Just like Google has rendered Encarta obsolete!

Too much information good for some, very bad for others. Those that are lucky enough to have work coming out of their ears better watch out, your turn will come. :rolls:

[kwatt]

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I don’t think Chris was being litteral Martin, he was trying to make a point.

From information I have there’s about 70-90,000 visits made daily in the UK. The exact figure is unknown, it’s a best guess I’m afraid as it’s never been fully anylised to my knowledge. That still means, worst case, about 18 million service visits a year but you have to figure in repeats, recalls and calls to fit spares as well as abortives, that’s just a headline rate.

K.

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