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Re: AWCT10L
Thanks for the replies, I am trying to filter them out now as I can see this type of service call will be happening a lot with this model, I must say though £15 call avoidence is very good idea for both parties
Re: Teknik TKL9260
Cheers Steve, I thought it was a Siltal, I’ll be able to get parts info from the CDA disc
Re: diplomat adp 8252
PO is cancel programme position on PCB, if it’s not selecting a programme you will have to get the Megger out and test the components as low insulation will affect the PCB, possibles are element, wash pump & dispenser
Re: MFI INSOLVENCY PAYMENT
Got mine today as well, brings back bad memories but at least I had the satisfaction of not having to pay the spares account to that Sovereign debt agency 😈
Re: Amica website
Hi Ken,
I haven’t had an email from Poland, can I email them direct requesting access?
Re: Diplomat ACA9102
Chinese built model, the worst one I’ve ever seen, MFI changed the model number because of the bad publicity of the prrevious model number ADP8352, just search for both model numbers and see what you get, happy reading !!
Re: DSG/RepairCare Rate Cuts
Would love to see the post Alex but I have been ‘excluded’ from the forum, naughty boys cannot play with RC toys 😉
Re: DSG/RepairCare Rate Cuts
washdoctor wrote:Bernard Harrison had prime time last Friday to speak to agents, but chose to leave without even saying ‘Hello’ to me, that summed up Repaircare’s interest in Independent repairers issues as far as I was concerned, and killed my interest regarding taking risks to try stick with Repaircare DSG work.
Adrian.
Exactly Ade, RC has completely lost the confidence of their Agents and IMHO a lot of the Manufacturers who use them, so sad because they could have done it correctly and everyone would have been happy
Re: DSG/RepairCare Rate Cuts
Well as we all know RC had the chance on Friday to speak to a majority of their agents at the meeting but for some strange reason refused to do so, I think that the behavior of their representatives was very rude and arrogant.
IMHO I think that after all this what little loyalty they had from their agents will evaporate rather quickly, more and more agents I hear are terminating the DSG contract with them and a lot more urgently looking for replacement work to allow them to terminate, I sincerely hope all the agents affected by this manage to hang on to their staff and carry on their businesses in the future, it’s been tough for me so far but it is getting better
Re: Manufacturer(s) Seeking Repairers
I think John has all my details but I will email them again to him, TBH I had heard this could happen with some manufacturers going direct to agents or looking for another WP to handle calls, I will gladly do it through the WTA but I would not take on anything from another WP as I’ve had enough of being shafted time and again by all of them !
Re: WTA / UKW SEPTEMBER 2010 MEETING
As usual an excellent meeting, great to catch up with people you haven’t seen for a while, the hard work and dedication from all you guys and girls involved in making it happen is outstanding, a very big thank you 😀
Re: The Future…….. is there one for this industry.
I have similar concerns as Nigel, I am a one man band but i do a lot of contract work but after being shafted by a lot of WP’s, Retailers and Manufacturers over the last 8 years I am now only doing a select few and I am also keeping a tight leash on the amount they owe me at any one time, this leads me to how we can change these problems, as Nigel quite rightly says unless we are classed as a PROFESSION we will hold no power at all ,no matter which Association represents us, so all these contracts can be issued to anyone purporting to be a ‘Professional Engineer’ without any qualifications or serious checks done like Gas Safe Register and probably to the cheapest option available to them.
There are no new Engineers or Apprentices joining this industry and there will be a serious shortage of qualified Engineers in all areas of the UK in the not too distant future, in some form or other Service Engineers will be always be needed so I feel we as an Industry have 2 choices, carry on as it is and let more of the so called Cowboys come into this industry or we can try and lobby directly to the Government for some accreditation as a Profession with proper reconised qualifications and help for us as small businesses with bringing in young people to be trained the correct way for the future good of our industry.
I applaud everything that the WTA and DASA are trying to do, but without the accreditation of being an actual PROFESSION and some sort of qualifying procedure to actually prove that a Company or individual Engineer is capable of undertaking the work in a safe and professional manner having Codes of Practice wil mean nothing to anyone in this industry, it seriously frightens me that we could possibly get members of WTA, DASA or whoever displaying the OFT and ISO9001 logos without having proved anything to anyone !
