UK Washing Machine

[ALR]

Mines a Zanussi and tends to be runnning most days, we've never had any problems[msnwink]

ALR

[fiona]

Robert we are bathroom distributors - guess where the pot comes from nowadays under "British" names? Made anywhere but here on the whole! But the slipware still comes from Cornwall and is shipped out all over the place.

China is the hot place at the moment, you can't move at a trade exhibition for the Chinese taking photos and reproducing the stuff at a fraction of the cost. The big boys do at least have control over the quality and regulations of what they have made.

So why should the white goods industry be any different?

BTW in our industry goods come quicker, and they deliver what they say they are going to deliver, from Dubai than they do from Stoke on Trent - go figure!

[Carla]

Thanks very much for your help folks. I took on board everything that you had written and ended up ordering a Whirlpool 1400rpm front loader, today. I did this because it's one of the few models left that still has hot and cold fill (we have gas heated instant hot water - so might as well use it), plus, and this was a big plus, the company that I bought from have it in stock and are delivering and installing it on Sunday. They are also going to take away the old one. I'm working away from home the rest of this week, so a weekend installation was great.

I don't know how good it will be but as long as it can cope with a 30 degree wash and a fast spin, then I'll be fine!![msnsmile2][msnsmile2][msnsmile2]

Sounds great Carla[clap][clap][clap][clap]

[LiesaAnna]

yes sounds very good Carla!! hope you and the whirlpool will be very happy for many years to come!!


Sarah, mines the larger load!! LG that is, its great but the only problem is the door opens the opposite way to everything else!![msnwink]

[zerotone]

Can't believe this posting has come up - only this Sunday hubby and I were saying we might have to replace our beloved washing machine as its bearings are about to go. I say 'beloved' as we have had it 22years and its a Hotpoint. In the 22 yrs we have probably spent a maximum of £300 on repairs. We know there is no way we will get another washer to last as long but Mother in law works in a white goods store and says the best buy is a Bosch. She also recommended getting a washer with hot & cold fill and a choice of a shorter cycle.

Jane

[Jo]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by LiesaAnna
about dishwashers, i had my last one for 8 years with no problems ever!!! no one called out, nothing, it was an indesit, and with 6 kids alot younger then it was so well used, sometimes over used, so last year we bought a new one after much thought and going without for a few years we invested in an indesit one again, well why not? never had a days problems before, so after 6 weeks called an engineer out, (old flame from teenage years swoon swoon)[msnwink] and he laughed and said indesit are rubbish!!! [msnwink][msnwink]
[/quote]We had an Indesit dishwasher which we threw out after a year , because it never washed the dishes properly.

[Robert5988]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Robert we are bathroom distributors - guess where the pot comes from nowadays under "British" names? Made anywhere but here on the whole! But the slipware still comes from Cornwall and is shipped out all over the place.

China is the hot place at the moment, you can't move at a trade exhibition for the Chinese taking photos and reproducing the stuff at a fraction of the cost. The big boys do at least have control over the quality and regulations of what they have made.

So why should the white goods industry be any different?

BTW in our industry goods come quicker, and they deliver what they say they are going to deliver, from Dubai than they do from Stoke on Trent - go figure![/quote]

Fiona,
I don’t know what I am supposed to ‘go figure’.

Several people made recommendations to buy a machine from certain manufacturer because their old one had lasted X years.

I was pointing out that you should not assume that, say, a Phillips purchased today will have the same reliability as a Phillips made 10 years ago. This is because they could now be made in a different country by a different manufacturer. The modern ones could be of better or inferior quality for all I know.

This is exactly what you say has happened in your industry. I might be more than satisfied with, say, my old British Twyford or Armitage bath/toilet. However I should not assume that a new bath/toilet from those manufacturers will be of the same quality and recommend them. They could now be made in another country by another manufacturer and again they could be of better or inferior quality for all I know.

I was not suggesting that the white goods industry should be different to your industry, or that it is necessarily wrong that either market has evolved in this manner. In fact it is happening with a wide range of manufactured goods. However there is no doubt that many prestige manufacturers have cashed in on their reputation and allowed inferior goods to be produced under their brand.

[Carla]

Robert, I think that Fiona was saying "go figure" to the fact that goods get to her quicker from Dubai than they do from Stoke on Trent!! She, like probably most of us, can't understand why Dubai to Maidenhead is so much quicker, and the goods are what was ordered, than Stoke on Trent to Maidenhead which is only about 120 miles and they get the order wrong. It's no wonder that companies source from outside the UK and EU.

[fiona]

Spot on Carla, I was trying to make a wry comment, obviously failed miserably!

The problem all the larger manufacturing companies have is that cheap copies are flooding into their markets, and if they don't compete (by having their product made cheaper - not necessarily lower standards, just that labour costs are miniscule in comparison to what they are in the west) they will be out of business.