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Re: 25 yr old Tricity Ckr integr. 4175 needs hinge repairs.
Thanks for info, guys. I guess I’d better get out of my armchair and go and have a look tomorrow. Just back from holiday and very reluctant to start working again.
Mike.Re: AEG L74650 not filling
I seem to remember these AEG’s will pump out continuously with the door open. Was the door locking? Could be a new lock or lock+module 🙁 .
Mike.Re: What’s that tune?
Just gave the number another try. It was option 4, “accounts” I selected. Some other awful music came on but Amy answered almost immediately anyway so I was spared too much of that agony.
Decided to be honest about it, go for the jugular. “Oh, hi, just wondered what that music was I heard when I rang earlier?”
“Oh, OK, I’ll put you on hold, if that’s OK?” says Amy.
“Oh thankyou so much, that would be lovely.”
But, alas, they had changed it to some more modern rubbish.
I guess I’m going to have to pester accounts every day now until they put the right music back on and have my tape recorder connected to my phone with an outgoing message saying, “your call may be recorded for melodious purposes.”
Mike.Re: What’s that tune?
Number was 0844 557 3700. Was looking to speak to “Pete”. Apparently he’s my “ISE” 😯 😕 ❓ . Has been trying for weeks to contact me to “have a chat, just talk about things, see if there’s anything we can do for you….”
Have always left the answerphone to take it when noticing the 0121 number thinking, “not today, thankyou” but thought it a bit impolite not to call him back as requested and tell him the truth. “Look buddy, this business is going down fast. If you’ve got any sense you’ll go and work in some industry with a future instead of wasting your time trying to flog off the surfeit of bearing kits nobody wants to pay to have fitted any more….” But he was unavailable, engaged on another call, poor foolish lad, and I was offered a call back which has still not come.
Anyway, the music has almost completely gone from my head now. It was elusive, ethereal, transient like all the best pleasures this life has to offer and perhaps I may never be able to recall it. 😥
Mike.Re: What’s that tune?
I had a look for that on Youtube and found several versions of it but I’m pretty sure that’s not it 🙁 . Thanks for trying though. Only trouble is I’ve now got that stuck in my head like an earworm and can’t for the life of me remember what the tune I was searching for went like. Have to phone them again I guess and pretend some obscure part query should someone answer.
I tried asking the salesgirl what it was when I first rang but she didn’t know. Please help. This is urgent. You know what they’re like. Tune could be changed at any moment for something different and I might never again have the opportunity to find out what it was.
Mike.Re: AEG L12710VIT – 914601223/01 E36
Always worth a search. Here‘s one result; there are others.
Mike.Re: bendix biw125w
This thread looks very much like it.
Mike.Re: zanussi zjd12191
Usually green solenoid coil goes o/c after working for 10 mins or so and getting warm. This usually gives E10. However as you say you’ve changed water valve, perhaps there is some other problem around water supply e.g. low pressure or blockage?
Mike.Re: do you advertise in your local paper?
Stopped ad in local rag just over a year ago. That’s just over £500 saved since then. Difficult to be sure but think I may have lost about £500’s worth of business since stopping the ad.
8O, you say? Well, don’t forget, to make that saving I didn’t have to shift off my chair. And I haven’t had any of the other expenses or hassle involved with doing that £500’s worth of work. So in reality I’m getting the same money as before or more but doing less for it. And with the time saved by not doing that work which I didn’t have to do, I’ve been able to spend loads of time on here pontificating about how to run a business :lol:.On the other hand, if I was just starting out somewhere new, I would need to get my name out there. But I’d go for leafletting, starting with my neighbours. It might not get much response but it’s very very targeted. At least if you do it yourself.
Mike.Re: a damned zanussi zwf12070w1 – e13
I don’t know for sure but it would seem to me that a parallell valve would be for machines having both a hot and cold feed and a V valve for cold only feed.
Mike.Re: Whats the most annoying thing customers do?
suedehead1 wrote:i told her i had phoned a dozen times
You need to chill out a bit, suedehead 🙂 .
If you tell ’em things like that, they’ll know you’re desperate and they’ll play hard to get! Best find other ways to occupy your time / make a little money even, when there’s no work, and then you’ll be p’d off when the phone rings and interrupts you. That’s the best frame of mind to be in. You’re then in a strong position to negotiate a deal on your terms.
This trade is very unlikely to go anywhere but downhill, so it’s worth learning to do other things when you’re not busy.
Mike.Re: ind wixe 127 uk
LittleMan wrote:will not stop if you press the off button
Sounds like dodgy pcb. Either fascia pcb with iffy tactile switch(es) or main board. If main board could well be a capacitor in power supply. This one might have the 680uf / 10v like HPT.?
Mike.Re: Impeller Jug
I bought some the other day for a Whirlpool. Worked a treat. I think it’s same ones for Bosch. 2293692 min. qty 5 @ 52p +vat ea. incl. del.
Mike.
