UK Washing Machine

**LiesaAnna** · 07-02-2006, 18:07

yeh but if it goes wrong as it may well do at least i'm covered by the guarentee, and of course the dishy domestic engineer!!![msnwink]

07-02-2006, 18:10

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by fiona
[msnmad]. Agree with Julie, those extended guarantees aren't worth the paper they are written, machine always goes wrong just as it ends! The salesman in the shop told me not to bother with one for my miele - it won't need it were his exact words!
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I know they have been on Watchdog and the Which mag tells you that too[msnwink]

My hubby is very much up to speed with the Sale of goods act[msnwink]

**chrizzy100** · 07-02-2006, 18:18

I never had much lucky with washing machines in the UK...after my old twin tub died...it was 25 years old..and about 4th hand..I got through 4 front loaders before moving to the US...that was a new one around every 3 years...I would of thought it was something I did if not for the fact most of my friends had the same trouble....my last machine was the best and the cheapest...we sold it with the house...they make machines with to much to go wrong nowadays....go for something simple and it goes on for years...

**LiesaAnna** · 07-02-2006, 18:30

couldnt beat the twin tubs Chrissy!![msnwink] my first ever washing machine was a second or third hand twin tub!!

**Ana** · 07-02-2006, 18:32

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by LiesaAnna
couldnt beat the twin tubs Chrissy!![msnwink] my first ever washing machine was a second or third hand twin tub!!
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I guess the toploaders we have in Florida are the next best thing [msnsmile2]

**Ray&Sarah** · 07-02-2006, 18:39

I have an LG, must be the same as Liesa, as its the one which can take larger loads, very helpful with the amount of wahsing my sons create.[msnsmile]

**Susan J** · 08-02-2006, 16:23

Get to Costco and buy a whirlpool top loader - use all the washes, especially the 6 minute wash, no problems, big loads, built to last - just get your chainsaw on the worktop, and smile smugly everytime you lift the lid to put in the sock you had forgotten. Love it to bits - and that was after throwing away a Hotpoint [cost about £600 with extended warranty] under guarantee, because I was SOOOO fed up with it!!

**Robert5988** · 08-02-2006, 21:20

The trouble is that you cannot tell where domestic appliances are made these days. Everyone assumes that because Bosch are a German company they are built in Germany to typical Teutonic engineering standards – like a Mercedes! Many are now produced in Poland and Spain. Some ‘manufacturers’ have appliances made in other factories – usually Italy - and simply put their label on them. On top of this virtually every manufacturer buys in major components from other firms.

The point being that we could have had 10 years trouble free service from, say, a Phillips but that is absolutely no guarantee that a new Phillips will also be excellent as it could be built in another country, by another manufacturer, using completely different components.

By the way I have nothing against Bosch and have their washing machine, dryer, dishwasher and freezer, albeit none were built in Germany.

Lastly who uses all of the hundreds of available combinations of washing/rinsing/temperature/spinning/load/material? Bet most use 2 or 3!