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Re: Fridge required
cornwell40 wrote:Paul,
You could try Discount Domestics in Preston Town Centre, their Hoover and Candy graded stuff is good even at retail prices.Tony C
Your having a laugh, right?? 😯
Re: Would you buy Remploy
Yes ive heard that sparky, but I was moonlighting at the time of the recons, so I could hardly advertise them. Out of the scores I sold, only one went down within the 12 months. Unfortanately for me, it was an over heat problem. It stripped my mates wall paper in his kitchen, I gave him a tumble dryer in compo along with the repair. 🙂
Re: Would you buy Remploy
The good old recon days 😀 . If I had a shop I wouldn’t dream of buying anything from Remploy, to quote Penguin
” – bought 3 machines for various rented properties – two of which I had to go and repair immediately and one which lasted a month before the brushes finished.”
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That is what I suspected would happen.Before Remploy got the big Comet contract, I used to go to the washer grave yard who had the contract and buy Whirlpools for £20, usually under 3 years old. I would bring them home, strip them down totally. I would give all the bits to my wife to clean, every button,knob and bit of plastic, removable. I would repair or replace what was needed and check the brushes to make sure there was sufficiant life left in them.
I would sell them from £120 to £160 with a years garantee. I could justify this because I knew they were done properly.
They were only sold to friends and friends of friends and relatives etc. But when I became self employed, I got 2 small verbal contracts to supply property companies. This time, I bought in trade ‘graded appliances’ cheap and cheerfull, nice profit….NOT. Been as they were on a return for exchange/repair and that almost every machine went down within the 12 months garantee, it proved a nightmare.
It has to be new, with manufactures garantee or reconed by myself, once bitten and all that.Re: Blomberg Motor Brushes Regd.
I was told that through Comet, you can’t buy the brushes seperate from the motor. Anyways, I bought some non gens from the parts supplier in Chorley, Lancs. I can’t remember their name, but if your still stuck by tommorrow evening, repost and I’ll post up the details of the parts shop.
Re: Smeg Dishwasher Training
I do do the built in ones but only the whirlpool brands. I would be interested in training for other brands if you think it is needed. On the subject of built ins, am I the only one who comes across some appauling craftmanship from the kitchen fitters? Oh the joys of new developments, out of 50 service calls to new developments, I’d say 35 of the faults are installation problems.
Richard all we need are higher rates and an increase in work
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A single call would be a good start 🙂 I’m mobile again Richard..Re: Where did you start?
Radio Rentals 😀 , I was umongst the first people to be trained to repair washing machines within RR, a bloke from over east yorks did the courses, Graham I think he was called. Big posh hotels and 15 quid meals 🙂 This continued for the 10 years that followed, you know, training courses for dishwashers, microwaves and even a training course on how to use the Hand held terminals that was introduced. No wonder Endeva went pop.
Re: Whirlpool AWG329
The particular machine is crap. I have had the very same problem and had to get w’pool to replace it after throwing part after part at it, they are a nightmare to work on too. We are talking about the intergrated one here, right?
