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Re: best toolboxes?
Not quite that mobile, but noticed halfords have a £150 tool and toolchest for £50.
Useful if only for a workshop back up, the actual tools are ok, bit cheap but youd struggle to get the toolchest for less than £50…
Re: Mobile phones
still have you over a barrell if your a business cos you still need a landline to operate the pdq !!!
Re: Tom Tom gone.
iadom wrote:Will see how it goes on, my try it in a different position if it gets worse again
Did you know Sat navs work better in australia if operated upside down
Re: Doppleganger
there arent many people who can give slash a close run for his solos, dave murray, kirk hammett and steve vai spring to mind, anyone else would be well known by now 😀
Re: Jimmys food factory
yeh i wouldnt want to eat cornflakes with a dusting of human sugar either!
dryer should still be fine tho.
if your really worried about landfill, i wanna know how long those whirlpool toploaders last making icecream for hsbc…
Re: Beko DWD8650 – Completely stopped working!
girly21785 wrote:
I cannot remember the part the 2nd guy said……but he didn’t really seem sure what part was needed anyway. He just said the part it “might need” could cost over £100. Basically, he wanted to come & have a look at it :rolls:Why do you feel this is not right?
Tbh a lot of us kinda want to assess the problem we are being asked about first hand. No disrespect, but unless you are familiar in a practical sense with the mechanics of an appliance, it is extremely difficult for a user to accurately explain the fault so it could be diagnosed over the phone. It would be a little easier on here because at least you can take pictures of parts and an open discussion with several people about the problem!
And assume he spent half an hour telling you exactly how to fix it over the phone, would you then pay the engineer who told you how to fix it? It really wouldnt occur to any customer I have had ring up about this. To give the engineer the benefit of the doubt it sounded like he assumed you have followed the troubleshooting guide in your manual/handbook that details the basic maintenance, like cleaning the filters making sure you havent tripped a fusebox etc. Its quite feasible he was suggesting a worse case scenario, so you could be fully informed. Would you rather him say its probably a blocked filter it shouldnt be more than £50 for a call out and it turn out you need a new electronics board and it will cost £150 to fix. Would you then not complain that he had got you to get him out under false pretences?
Thing is the other day I had a lady who said her dryer wasnt heating. I thought it was worth looking at as the repair would be straightforward and cheap for her. turns out it was heating absolutely fine but wasnt turning. which lets jsut say has ended up costing me a lot of time with no benefit as ive had to put a new dryer because the tiny spare part she needed along with a belt is now obsolete meaning it requires major replacement body parts in order to fit the small alternative replacement to the obsolete part.
What im trying to say you can only actually hope the customer is giving you the right information to give a basic quote without seeing the machine! The more experience the engineer has the more likely you will get a more accurate quote but that is all a quote is…
If you are worried about being ripped off, why not ensure the engineer operates a no fix, no fee call out, or if he does not, that he has access to a replacement new d/w in lieu of the call-out if you source it through him?
The other option is source an engineer for your locality through here, which should ensure against any unethical behaviour as they wont want to post on here knowing full well youll have reported them to us. therefore meaning the rouge engineer loses a valuable source of knowledge and reference!!!
Re: one for the eluxgroup specialists… aw1001
332 + callout is probably still cheaper than 400…
…by about 2 lucky dips :P:P:P
Re: Sources of New Appliances
http://www.pjhdistribution.co.uk/
i like them if you need something fast, and specific, and often high end, regarding built in, because u dont have to wait a week from the date of order to receive goods if your in the south, as they have had 2 runs a week. not the best prices but always usually have stock 🙂
Re: 6ft-ish / 170-190cm upright freezers – NOT FROST FREE
ywa a rikard just spotted it last night, she might go for it but she is a brainwashed energy efficiency warrier customer. so i suspect its all about the a’s and the plus’s for minus monies 😀
Re: Doppleganger
big kudos *thumbs up*
what other rock covers have they done? well love my classic rock and metal “thru the ages”
Re: Tom Tom gone.
Jim, 540’s are **supposed** to not need an external aerial as theyre signal pickup has been boosted to cope with the new type windscreens, it was only required for the ttgo X20’s and lower.
how have you gotten on? If it helps I was having massive problems with our garmins last week too
