Just when you think.

[Glammanana]

You don't have anything big to replace in the near future what happen's ? the washing machine goes and dies on me I have had this one 8yrs now and to be quite honest it was used 3 times a week at the most as there are only the 2 of us now,I wonder why items don't last as long as they did because I remember my 1st washing machine lasting us years.
We are very lucky to have an indepentant dealership right at the top of our Road where we have bought a lot of our white goods over the years I have sent family and friends to him on a regular basis over the years so know he has a good reputation,John walked around to his store and asked for a 1400 spin and A+++ machine and we had one delivered and fitted by 3pm yesterday and the old one taken away all for under £300 so a good deal all around,but something we could have done without with my holidays right on top of us.

[Oma]

Glamm its always the case when you need money for other things ,

We thought our fridge had died the death on Friday , went in for milk and no light no noise nothing ,

Were just saying we would have to go to Currys for another when I noticed the fused switch was off , must have been when I was cleaning the tiles down I must have pressed it , so panic averted

Mind you you got a very fast service there , the type of dealer you would go to time and again , he sounds like hes got a good reputation and these people are hard to find now

[Nanto2girls]

Glad it didn't take too long to get a new one installed.
When we bought our last washer a couple of years ago,we were told the average lifespan for a washer is 7/8 years.
must be right,because all our washers have lasted that length of time.

[Gemini]

My auntie who is 90 has a washing machine which is decades old! Nowadays, as you have said they are not designed to last long.

[Glammanana]

Oma he has such a good reputation and will go out of his way to help anyone,when we lived in the flat we where stuck for space in the kitchen there was only room for a fridge freezer and I had always had a separate freezer stocked up so he sourced me a reconditioned slim line freezer that fitted into the downsrairs store room and only charged us £60 we still have it now in our outside shed

[Daisy]

Glamm, suppliers like that are wonderful. For years we had a fantastic repair man. He never overcharged and would always do the most economical job he could. Sadly he’s now retired and I suspect the next time one of our white goods goes wrong it will be “not economical to repair”. 😨

[Glammanana]

So true Daisy,the machine that broke down had a computer type programmer and to replace the unit was about £200 + the labour charge so for slightly more than that we could buy this new one with gaurentee for 3 yrs and 10yrs parts so we had the choice made for us really and needless to say this week-end I have tried and tested the new one this last week-end and am very pleased with the purchase.

[Nana]

Well done Glam. A good tradesman is hard to find these days. Pleased it works well too.