In article , Lee writes
Aye, the repairman's trick is to fit the pattern part but charge the price of the original.
Or keep it and re-fit the (still working) original. Or break the original and fit a cheap (to him) replacement.
Chanced on Watchdog the other night. Wow - kitchen tiles held on with sticky tape...
Don't be so bloody silly. I can't work out why someone would pay 400 quid when the next one to it is only 250 smackers. And that's way too much for something you don't know for sure will do the damned job.
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 13:37:19 +0100, in uk.d-i-y Mike Tomlinson strung together this:
That's not the repairmans trick, it's the cowboys masquerading as repairmens trick.
That's a hell of a good deal, and of course it will do the job, and better, for longer and quieter as well.
I made the point at the beginning, that one should look at the total cost of ownership of a purchase as well as the value of the beneficial factors.
It's the easiest thing to buy just on initial purchase price, but that is seldom the lowest TCO - certainly not with laundry appliances.
.andy
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On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 19:50:30 +0000 (UTC), in uk.d-i-y "Michael McNeil" strung together this:
Because the one that costs less than twice as much will last more than twice as long. There aren't many decent machines out there any more, any that will last more than a couple of years without needing a repair of some sort anyway.
Saw that. The colour of the tiles was hideous. Good job they didn't make it on to the wall :)
Cheers
Paul.
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