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Re: OWWW!!!! My knees!!!!
Ow, that sounds nasty Alex.
So I just need to drink lots of water, and pee regular. I think I can manage that.
Thank you people!
And elephants are the only aniamals with 4 knees you say….. 😕
Re: Hotpoint Power Unit
Morning!
I’ve got a pile of T/L’s
I could sort out a S/H 1 😕
Maybe one under 20 year old if your lucky.
Most of them are condemned for leaking down the power unit. 🙁
Re: OWWW!!!! My knees!!!!
Dave_Conway wrote:Yes, use your other pair 😆
Of course!
I’ve just slapped myself on the forehead then.
Didn’t I post this in the general forum? It’s trade related. 😉
I’m still hoping a wise, old engineer will come on and say something like….
“Just rub a pint of butter into the back of your knees every night, and you’ll never have problems again.”
But I guess there’s no quick fixes.
ps. nice bit of verse Martin.
Re: spares from UKW
Ahhh yes!!!
And it’s another way to show the public that we’re not money-grabbibng cowboys. A way to show them we know what we are doing and give them conifence to ring an engineer.
Re: Subscribers spares deals
This what inspired the ‘pumps’ poll in trade spares.
The boss refuses to use Askoll pumps, because one (new) set on fire and nearly killed a customer. Not to mention the insurance aftermath.
So now, we only buy Plaset.
I’m interested Dave, but we only buy in small quanties. 🙁
And I reckon those prices might be out of date now. 😆
Re: spares from UKW
Guess who subscribed?
This is all facinating reading! I just wanted to try and revive it.
I also wonder if handing out too much free advice affects the number of repairs that independants recieve.
But then again….the washer forum mainly poor b#####d Indesit/Servis customers, that wouldn’t put their hand in their pocket for an engineer away. And the d/washer forum the same, with poor Dilomat owners.
Or is that abit harsh?
ps. poor as in woeful, not skint.
Re: Why is it?
It’s called sod’s law!
It’s the reason why customers decide they need their oven fixing on Christmas eve, when it been broke for six months.
And what is it with that Thursday thing? 😕
Re: What do you love about this job ?
I love working for myself. Well kinda.
For those that haven’t figured it out, ‘The Boss’ I mention now and then is my father. He’s been doing the job for 30 years, and is an incredible engineer.
Between us, we run a tight ship. We have a shop (with workshop) which I run, and he does all the call-outs. Like Dave, I’m flexible. If we’re really busy, I can go and do some calls myself.
The best thing for me is the freedom and the challenge (to spell correctly for a start). We both love a challenge! Also the amount of job satisfaction is great, when you know you’ve really helped somebody.
For example, while typing this message, I’ve just had a sweet, old lady in the shop. She didn’t speak any English, and was holding some stupid, cheap, Samsung, plastic extension rods that had snapped. The new one’s are £30!!!! So I ‘Heath Robinsons’ her some together, took a fiver off her, and she left with a big smile on her face.
That gives me job satisfaction, her a working vacuum, then me more ‘real’ business when she tells her friends.
The boss always says, “It’s not about making money, it’s about helping people.” And with that attitude, our reputation in this area is fantastic, and our customer base is huge. I get phone calls everyday that include the line “My mother/brother/firend told me about you.”
And because I run the shop/workshop I get to play on UKW when I’m not busy. That’s what I love about this job.
kwatt wrote:Yeah, we need to know numbers. 😕
I’d like lunch on Friday please.
And I’m not eating the grass outside!!!
