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Re: The Worst Machine Ever Built!
Dave_Conway wrote:Teba cookers 😯
Not a “machine” as such, but dear God, what a pile of dung they are.
Dave.
I had the pleasure of fitting a fan oven element to one last week ,WHY is the mains block in the middle of the back panel!!! preventing access to the elementLawrence
kwatt wrote:the finished products I may be able to help with, I’ll check it tomorrow.K.
Much appreciated ,youv’e got my number
Lawrence
Re: Lovely new Hygena freestanding dishwashers!
This thread has set me thinking ,Something I have always wondered is how do you get to design a washing machine ?.Is it like F1 where designers are headhunted from rivals which is why you sometimes see very similar design features .
In my experience they seem to not be designed with ease of servicing in mind but with ease of manufacture (I wonder if thats why the Zan bolts are back to front ~illogical)
I wonder if any ex field engineers have had input design ,Kind of a” you see them when they go wrong whats the achilles heel” Approach.
The point penguin makes about poly prop tubs fascinates me that the design is dictated by an outside source .Lawrence
kwatt wrote:
What I have noticed about the Far Eastern companies is that they seem to manufacture in the cheapest possible way and give little or no thought to after sales service and that attitude seems to extend to information and spares. What they do do is offer the customer a seemingly good buy with all the bells and whistles at a very keen price up front.
K.Do they begin with a S and end with a UMG by anychance Ken.
JoeStrummer wrote: Why cannot they design it that the base panel can be removed without having to take the sides and hence the lid off first, it would be so easy to do so and make life easier for all of us.
I wonder if its because they don’t use their own engineers they sub the work out so it doesnt matter how long it takes
Lawrence
Re: D&G Hotpoint Work
Del wrote:
Needless to say I felt I had to decline the work under the terms offered.Which begs the Question who is going to do this work ?
Also its worth pointing out to D&G That we are not beating them over the head to be Greedy but just to make a reasonable living .
In all the years I have been a D&G agent they have always been fantastic and still are.I wonder if they have been put into a position here due to bad planning on GDA’S part,Perhaps anyone from D&G reading this can confirm /deny this
Lawrencekwatt wrote:Would D&G not talk to you about it Lawrence as, if so, that’s most unusual for them as they do tend to be pretty reasonable IME?
K.yes Ken we did and whilst they understood our concerns there was sadly nothing they could do ,Apparently this contract has no room for manoeuvre
kwatt wrote:Now, if Merloni decide (as I suspect they will) to stick Indesit/Ariston in a Hotpoint wrapper and sell them badged then a lot of the trade simply won’t want to know them. Perhaps some of the manufacturers should consider the effect of a few hundred engineers floating about the country telling 8-10 potential customers a day (at least) not to touch XXXXXXX brand. :?.
If you look in any of the club books there is a hotpoint washer that looks suspiciously like an indesit
The way of the future I suppose 🙄
Lawrence
Re: D&G Hotpoint Work
Dave_Conway wrote:I just had an alarming thought about this, has anyone considered the possibility that all or most of the repairs could be WMA bearing/drum replacements
Dave.Its Precisely because of the fear of this combined with it being also Indesit and Ariston that I sadly declined the work as I just can’t take the risk
Lawrence
Re: Smeg DWF 64SSE Dishwasher
Thanks Dave
Its a Cash call at 18 mths old so cust not happy,Its also this rotary dial selector thing with 2 PCB’S
But I think the customer is going to yell at Smeg so we shall seeLawrence
Penguin45 wrote:
Who makes the Belling washer? It’s about the only one I haven’t figured out yet!The last one I had to repair for stoves was full of Gorenje Branded parts ,But the washer /dryers I have seen are Merloni
Have you ever played the game of tying the currys sales rep up in Knots I once had one that was trying to tell me that Servis were ultra reliable ,Indesit and ariston were independent of one another,And that Hotpoint and Creda had never met !
Lawrence
Re: Mobile Communications
thats rich when your customers leave a lambs tail at the end of the drive to say whether there in or not 😀
lawrenceRe: The Evil Twin !
My Cat has just run hell for leather from the office and the dog has a glint in her eye 😆
where do you get this stuff!?
😆Lawrence
Re: New Appliance Sales
Del wrote:Does anyone have contacts for semi/commercial appliances and the like as I’m starting to get one or two enquiries.
Rgards Del
Try
John Laithwaite associates 01422 822282
Maytag(commercial),Ipso,t/dryers 15-50lb load!
James armstrong 01635 33881
Asko commercial,primus,unimac,Speed queen etc
Whirlpool top loader range are okay but more suited to very semi commercialIf anyone wants any further info on commercial appliances PM me its an area well worth getting into bearing in mind the big boys take anything upto a week to call resulting in lots of desperate nursing home owners
LawrenceRe: Dual Fuel Cookers – Corgi or not?
I think its about time that the manufacturers and Corgi Clarified this,Some manufacturers say okay ,some say not okay,Corgi say …
well not a lot really .
as most dual fuels are ranges how do people get on pulling them out with one engineer ,If you look in the Elba handbook it states two people required !
I wonder if the labour rate would reflect this?
Lawrence
