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Re: Freezers – Best At The Cheap End
clicon357 wrote:The parents have a tendency to hoard and drop things like balled up tissues behind stuff.
I don’t think you’ll find any brand up to tolerating that or any other crazy stuff they can’t account for. 😉
K.
Re: Views on reducing VAT on repairing white goods
In many ways, Martin is correct, certainly the conclusion drawn in that, the consumer is driving this, not manufacturers, repairers or government.
People want ever cheaper and cheaper, expect better performance and expect the products to last and be repairable. And I’m really sorry but the reality is that you can’t have it all, you get cheaper or you get better… both, no.
If you get better then you should in turn see more effort of durability etc and, to be blunt, people will look after them more as many cheap products are treated with disdain ergo, shortening the life even further. The financial penalty of not doing so isn’t great enough to dissuade people from it.
That all might seem a somewhat jaded view to people outside the repair industry but believe me, it is true.
Losing VAT on repairs, as Dave noted, will do huge insurers like Domestic & General et all and large retailers that repair like Currys a favour perhaps but industry wide, it wouldn’t make much difference. You could argue I suppose that the hoopla around it would maybe make people look more to repair than replace but I doubt it.
Taking the VAT element of parts would probably make a difference but how much and whether that would balance out I can’t say for sure.
But people’s brains work in strange ways at times as more often than not the conclusion reached is that the “controller” or “brain” has failed, regardless of the fault and it’s going to cost over £100 to fix it. Even when we know that is not the case, many repairs are way, way less and not as major.
Why do that when you can have a new one delivered tomorrow with a fresh warranty for less than £200?
So many don’t even bother to ask, they just click on that “Buy Now” button as the majority can afford to do so.
I doubt the removal of VAT would make any impact there.
K.
Re: Britannia Cooker hinge runner
The part is…
https://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/a46804- … nge-runner
Normally, side panels off or from underneath is the only way to get to them.
K.
Re: is there any hope?
Take out the taxes, margins and so on and you might, maybe be looking at a machine that cost £80 to build and that’s being optimistic.
But the punters will still think it should last for ten years faultlessly. :rolls:
K.
Re: Logik LFTC60W12, Oven is dead..
That’d do it should be this one on it:
http://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/32016051 … tor-switch
K.
Re: Logik LFTC60W12, Oven is dead..
Timer on auto perhaps if one is on it.
Mains terminal block.
Switch.
K.
Re: ISE 1606W washing machine repair
Try a search here:
http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/search/fi … e-engineer
K.
Re: Flame on oven wont go higher
It should be this one:
https://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/gas-ove … ure-device
The gas supply does need to be broken so it is highly recommended that you have that done by a Gas Safe registered repairer.
K.
Re: CDA Grill Rlement
I think it’s a Nardi made one, who went bust, hence the difficulty in finding any parts at all.
K.
Re: Sia cooker hood
Yes, methinks more the “budget” end of the market to be polite about it and so far as I can see, not all that great.
K.
Re: Sia cooker hood
It’s branded up stuff Don, no info on it anywhere and I’ve not a clue who is carrying out service and spares distribution for them, if anyone is. Info here on the brand:
http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/help/abou … appliances
K.
Re: Zanussi oven seal
Those seals can be ordered from the following links:
https://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/3117172 … -door-seal
https://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/3117172 … -door-seal
K.
Re: Whirlpool oven cutting out/resetting before heated up
Cooling fan or cooling fan control stat are where to start there.
Not an element.
K.
Re: Difference between Bosch heat pumps
No, they’re not compatible.
I had a muppet (save the sweary words) that bought the cheap one instead of the more expensive one he should have, fitted it and as he put it, “it wasn’t powerful enough”.
He trashed it.
Blamed us of course, yada yada, Paypal dispute etc but ended up being flagged for fraudulent behaviour.
But no, you can thank someone else for thinking the same way, save a bit of cash, that really didn’t end up saving at all, £80 mistake made by another.
You need the right one in the right model basically or it no worky!
K.
