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Re: UK Whitegoods September 2006
He’s not nodding off, he’s thinking …? (Caption competition any one?)
Re: Electrue Selling To General Public
Dave_Conway wrote:
Of course, this may be a rumour 🙂
Dave.
I should hope it is – posted in the “Rumour Mill”. I wonder if we need a Solid facts mill…?
Re: UK Whitegoods September 2006
Dave_Conway wrote:
“andy_art_trigg” wrote:
I wouldn’t mind a streak across the car park at around mid afternoon.Request denied 😆
You wouldn’t say that if I had a beautiful body
Re: Bosch or Zanussi washing machine?
Oops I forgot about the 2 year guarantee – cheers. Have things improved with Bosch spares then? I didn’t think they were as easy to get from Washvac and Electrue etc. A lot of engineers in my area wouldn’t look at any of the German makes because of poor parts and tech data availability (compared to Hotpoint and Hoover etc).
Do I take it you say Bosch then? 🙂
Re: How easy we engineers have it now!
Goatboy wrote:
“I rung ********* Services, and they siad that they didn’t have an engineer old enough to fix twin tubs! Ring Grahame 👿:rotl:
Re: UK Whitegoods September 2006
kwatt wrote: If anyone is wanting to do something at the meeting please let myself or Dave know ASAP as there is limited time to slot more in.
K.I wouldn’t mind a streak across the car park at around mid afternoon.
Re: tight customers
andy_art_trigg wrote: The agreed price was something like £20.89. I fitted the part (a valve I think)
’twas a long time ago 🙂
Re: tight customers
I once took a part back because someone refused to pay the full amount. The agreed price was something like £20.89. I fitted the part (a valve I think) and she wrote a cheque out for £20.00. When I pointed out the invoice was for £20.89 she refused to pay the .89p as she “always rounded amounts. Of course my suggestion that she rounded it up to £21.00 was rejected.
After a 5 minute argument, where I explained that if she didn’t pay the 89 pence then I would have to put the money in out of my own pocket when I paid it in, she completely refused to budge. I remember it was a posh house, with posh car etc. As I removed the valve she asked me to “be reasonable” :rotl:
The important thing is to ensure you leave the machine in the same condition you found it in. You can’t leave wires off etc. No one could have a claim if you left it as found.
Some might argue I was cutting me nose off to spite me face or something like that. But sometimes, principles need upholding. 🙂
Re: DIY repairs
indespoint wrote:This is done to ensure that the insulation is above the minimum requirement of 3M ohms ( 3 million ohms )
Is it 3 Meg now? It used to be 1 meg when I started, then it was moved up to 2.
Re: Golden Oldies
I’m hoping vacuum cleaners count. I worked on one of the original Hoover vacuum cleaners from (what looked like) the 1920s. It was similar to the 119, had a wooden handle, and was black and silver.
Re: Machine washable doormat
Yes, I was wondering if somewhere in small print it said do not wash on its own or similar?
Re: Machine washable doormat
I would expect most engineers to say a bulky item like that runs the risk of causing problems. I would advise anyone insisting on washing one to not allow a spin, which would help. I’d have thought that these days many washing machines would struggle to balance it anyway and refuse to spin, but older machines would carry on regardless. Are there any caveats to the machine washable claims in small print somewhere?
Re: Is the tide turning?
kwatt wrote:In relation to our products I can’t see why the supermarkets want to sell them, I’m constantly being told of the dangers from the supermarkets selling, because our stuff takes up a lot of room, it’s bulky, hard to deliver, harder to install and just generally a whole heap of hassle when compared to selling even a range of foods…
K.It’s always puzzled me too. Greed maybe? Or because it helps turnover? Selling lots of washing machines brings in a lot of turnover, and if you have good terms with suppliers you can use the money to prop yourself up or invest. I could be wide of the mark but I know when we had serious finacial dificulties in the 90’s recession, the money coming in from washing machine sales kept us going – for a while 🙂
