Hotpoint/Indesit dishwasher spares - any realistic prices?

[Jonathan]

A friend ordered a replacement cutlery basket, and later, some wheels for his Hoptpoint dishwasher. The basket was bad enough for £20 (ish, I forget now, but it was silly prices!). But the wheels were....wait for it...£40 for a set of plastic wheels for the top and bottom basket. PLUS - £5 for "special packaging and handling" (a bubble envelope arrived with an 88p frank on it).

Rightly, they wrote and questioned the prices - basically, it seems like the excuse is that everything is about £40 and postage is always about £5 ("representing exceptional value blah blah insert standard paragraph here")

SO....not wanting to get caught out like this when it comes to repairing MY appliances, is there a good "factor" of replacement "grey market", similar, or even genuine parts, that are priced a little more realistically?

[AC]

I was quoted similar prices by Hotpoint so looked elsewhere. Went with mselectrical.co.uk - 14.99 for cutlery basket & 2.99 for wheel, goods delivered next day.

[Aidan]

Try CPC.co.uk. (aka Farnell)

I oredered some bits for a Hotpoint washing machine yesterday. Ordered at 11:10 for Standard delivery (2 - 5 days). Arrived today at 2:45 p.m.. About half the price of my local 'Domestic Appliance Spares and Repairs' shop. It all looks to be good quality.

Dunno if they do dishwasher bits.

[Bob Eager]

They do.

[Jonathan]

Wow - never thought of cpc, even though I knew of them.

Well, thanks for those top tips - duly bookmarked and noted!

[Bob Eager]

They list only a few parts online and in the catalogue - so if the part you want isn't there, ring up and ask.