Whirlpool’s Paddock Wood Destroyed by Fire

[Dave_Conway]

Whirlpool’s main UK distribution warehouse for both spares and appliances has been destroyed by fire.

News on the front page and on the BBC website here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4651241.stm

and here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4650191.stm

Expect major delays on parts distribution and appliance deliveries no doubt 🙁

Thankfully no-one was injured 🙂

Dave.

[alexa]

Couldn’t sell the new machines.
Also no body wanted to repair the ones they had so no spares required either

[ali-p]

Re: Whirlpool’s Paddock Wood Destroyed by Fire

Very pleased that there were no injuries

there is a fire damaged stock sale – any colour you like as long as its black!

great picture at height of blaze on

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/news/defaul … trecord=-1.

[admin]

Re: Whirlpool’s Paddock Wood Destroyed by Fire

I believe when fully stocked it could hold 90,000 appliances. I walked around the warehouse several years ago, shaped like a banana and able to receive train loads of appliances right into the building for easy fork lift unloading.

Suppose there will be a shortage of appliances for quite a while and I wonder what effect this will have on in guarantee repairs for their network in the months to come?

Kevin

[Pat-UK]

Re: Whirlpool’s Paddock Wood Destroyed by Fire

It’s just up the road from me, has caused caos with the trains and roads.

But ….. (trying not to giggle too much)

Does that no mean that they have a legitimate excuse for not being able to fix under guarentee machines ??

Had a really upset customer phone up 2 weeks ago with a american GSC9455 with a faulty pump, who had been waiting 2 months for the part to come from abroad…

I told her I could get the pump in on next day delivery and fix it the following day, After she phoned Whirlpool and told them that I was going to repair it and she was sending them the bill, they said that they would be down before the end of the week with the part that was supposedly still abroad.. Funny That Eh !!

[cornwell40]

Re: Whirlpool’s Paddock Wood Destroyed by Fire

Not the tumble dryer testing section was it by any chance?

T C

[alexa]

No the Pyroletic oven testing

[admin]

Re: Whirlpool’s Paddock Wood Destroyed by Fire

Local news has it that the fire was started by a bolt of lightning splitting open one of the propane cylinders which is used to power the forklift trucks.

[alexa]

God works in mysterious ways

[paulpaddison]

Re: Whirlpool’s Paddock Wood Destroyed by Fire

are you shure fire wasent caused by there faulty goods ?
😀

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[alexa]

I believe it was caused by the Indesit dishwasher in the staffroom.

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