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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: LWC on July 06, 2011, 06:01:24 pm

Title: Im gonna change jobs
Post by: LWC on July 06, 2011, 06:01:24 pm

Thieving gets, our washing machine was making a racket last night, so un be known to me my wife called someone out to repair it, he came out, confirmed to her that "yes its broken" and then charged her £40 for the privilege, i was bouncing, what a rip off.

Im gonna go tell my next new customer that "yes your windows are dirty,(not clean them) oh and thats £40 please"

Title: Re: Im gonna change jobs
Post by: Tom White on July 06, 2011, 06:02:22 pm

So why didn't he fix it?

Title: Re: Im gonna change jobs
Post by: LWC on July 06, 2011, 06:19:34 pm

"Unfixable" well un economical to fix something like that.

Title: Re: Im gonna change jobs
Post by: Tom White on July 06, 2011, 06:28:04 pm

£40 call out charge seems fair enough to me then.

I once forked out £100 for a bloke to tell me there was nothing wrong with my house roof.  I purchased piece of mind.  But he could've told me that there was problems.

Title: Re: Im gonna change jobs
Post by: AC Window Cleaning on July 06, 2011, 07:25:03 pm

Theres actually nothing to washing machines believe it or not,if the circuit board is fubar'd then yeah its a goner.But other things are simple to repair.
Ive saved a few washers for me and friends over the years.

Title: Re: Im gonna change jobs
Post by: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on July 06, 2011, 07:52:29 pm

Quote from: AC Window Cleaning on July 06, 2011, 07:25:03 pm

Theres actually nothing to washing machines believe it or not,if the circuit board is fubar'd then yeah its a goner.But other things are simple to repair.
Ive saved a few washers for me and friends over the years.

You can get reconditioned circuit boards far about £60/70.

However, washing machines are that cheap these days it hardly seems worth repairing them anymore. Best one we've had is a zanussi, worst one a hotpoint!!

Title: Re: Im gonna change jobs
Post by: elite mike on July 06, 2011, 08:42:26 pm

sounds like a reflow  ;)

Title: Re: Im gonna change jobs
Post by: AC Window Cleaning on July 06, 2011, 08:58:40 pm

Quote from: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on July 06, 2011, 07:52:29 pm

Quote from: AC Window Cleaning on July 06, 2011, 07:25:03 pm

Theres actually nothing to washing machines believe it or not,if the circuit board is fubar'd then yeah its a goner.But other things are simple to repair.
Ive saved a few washers for me and friends over the years.

You can get reconditioned circuit boards far about £60/70.

However, washing machines are that cheap these days it hardly seems worth repairing them anymore. Best one we've had is a zanussi, worst one a hotpoint!!

Yeah thats a fair point re how cheap they are,and another Zanussi fan here also.My mam and dad bought one in 1985 and had it until 2002....
They've had 5 different washers since..........