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Re: £3000 Miele
I just seen a Miele Dishwasher for a mere £450 reduced from £1,200. People aren’t prepared to pay that kind of money. I will wait for further reduction then I may buy it. Oddly though it comes with 5 years guarantee…
Re: Best of the budgets.
bazza500 wrote:Gorenje at the moment have washers around £300 with 5 years parts and labour warranty. Decent machines and no repair bills for 5 years. They seem a to be made to a decent standard too.
Who is it made by and what country of origin this machine? It seems more popular in France, well only to the cottages I visited in France particularly in Normandy. Their hypermarkets seems to have a range of Gorenje. The name suggests Swedish or Finland but I could be wrong?
Re: SIEMENS DW – SE24233GB/01 heater and board failure
It is the correct model number. There is another number which she gave me and I am not sure what it is – 594519.
Did some googling – a lot of the main parts suppliers don’t list it but on ebay like this…
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bosch-Siemens … 0735008156
They list it and it looks very much the same as what I have in the van.Re: Neff Oven – B1442N0GB/03 Fan motor
Lovely oven to work on, I liked the turn lock place then screw it in and do away with holding it in place while trying to fit a screw in. I can see why there’s no alternative fan motor for this particular model.
Still, like I said, lovely oven to work on. There’s not that many oven I enjoy working on but this one was the one I enjoyed it.
Re: Neff Oven – B1442N0GB/03 Fan motor
Thanks Martin. Second time I came across it with Neff. Last one was last month, both same age (3 years old).
Re: Best of the budgets.
Zanussi are heavy machine, cumbersome and bulky. Wouldn’t even think of selling one let alone the cheap price. Oddly enough Zanussi is the easiest machine to operate, fewer buttons to contend with. Old people like that.
Re: Best of the budgets.
DrDill wrote:And the last post is what angers me most, quite clearly sells what makes the most profit, not what is best for the customer, did you work for currys?
http://www.kitchenkitsw.comI think you misunderstood my quote. I do not intend to rip people off, just following the selling price in the shops and internet. I get Beko at trade price and sell it based on the price what the shops/internet sell then the markup between trade and sell is better than what I get for selling Hoover and Hotpoint as the trade price and sell price there isn’t much of a mark up there. You are looking at a difference of £5 and £50. Take a look at Swift trade prices, can you compete and how much profit can you get out of it? Another supplier who is local to me can beat their prices and I am supporting the local economy. I do not know where they get their machines from but as long I can get it less than Swift and pick it up within an hour or so.
I go along with the guide price plus fitting regardless the cost of the machine and at the end of the day I have to make money in order to make some profit. And no, I do not work for Curry’s and never ever had bought anything from Curry’s.
What’s the difference in selling machines with good mark up against replacing worn carbon brushes that costs you £2 a pair when the mark up is around 600{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} or more? (I can’t work out the percentage, all I am saying if you factor in the call out cost plus part then there’s huge amount of profit in terms of percentage). If you based the appliance trade price against sell price then percentage is much much lower but in terms of monetary value the machine brings the same amount money (with less percentage) against Carbon brushes job and you still have a clear conscience on both jobs. It’s the law of percentages.
At the end of the day, if I am asked which of the cheapest machine is a good buy then I am thinking of in terms of being able to retain the customer base and maintain good reputation if they want to call me out next year or so that is easy to fix then Beko is the one. Hotpoint and Hoover get written off easily after 2 years then you lose your customer base and your reputation reflects on selling inferior machines. Beko machine still comes out cheaper (even with a good markup) than Hotpoint and Hoover and they (Beko) are “better” build. This brings to the point on what Madangler1 was asking and I was just simply responding to his question and hoped that I answered it as a business man to another business man. He can do what he want and still have a clear conscience.
Re: Best of the budgets.
People will pay what they will pay. I get better returns on selling Beko compared with Hotpoint/Indesit and Hoover/Candy. The question is how easy to unpack and install such make. Hotpoint and Indesit has too much packaging. Hoover/Candy is the easiest to transport due to narrow drum, not a great deal of packaging to remove. Beko is quite a handful.
If I was asked to suggest, then my financial motive would be Beko due to better mark up on it.
If it’s washer dryer then it’s Hotpoint.
I wouldn’t suggest Hoover/Candy unless customer specifically asks for it then I will supply it.
It’s all brands loyalty at the end of the day.
Re: Indesit WIXE127 – No Response From Buttons
Hollytree_Technical wrote:As long as that ❓ 😯
Jem
Ye of little faith! 😛
Re: HELP-Can you replace bearings on hotpoint aquarius WMF 7
I visited one of the same machine on the other day and the cost of repair is nearly as much as replacing the machine regardless of age.
Don’t know if you have registered the machine to take advantage of free five years parts, if the machine is under 5 years old then it might be worth phoning Hotpoint. Their call out fee is pricey but still cheaper than replace the machine.
Re: Indesit WIXE127 – No Response From Buttons
8.9mohms? That’s too low for my liking. I would not be happy with that readings.
Worth changing the brushes and clean out motor. See if this helps?
Re: Tragic news but we need to be super careful
They still pass them with fuse wire thingy in the fuse box?
Re: Tragic news but we need to be super careful
Specialist01269 wrote:In that situation an RCD would have been no use at all & it does’nt say whether there was 1 installed in the property.
All rented properties are legally required to have electrical safety checks. The inspector would have insists having RCB installed otherwise he would not issue the certificate. One would assume that it did have RCB unless the landlord was cutting corners.
Re: Tragic news but we need to be super careful
It was a faulty boiler although it says no faults was found. He could be checking the heater unit and not realising it was live.
I find it odd that a plumber would tackle this kind of work? It doesn’t say if it was an immersion heater. I would call an electrician if I have a problem with my electric boiler but not a plumber.
