We are having a rather bad time equipment wise in our house at the moment and I have probably moaned about it on other threads (sorry ) In the last three weeks alone oven, fridge and tumble drier (yes I know - but we hardly ever use it and we live in Wales for goodness sake - rains all winter!) has stopped working. I could go on and in fact people are starting to discuss poltergeists with me.. but anyway the point is that although I can probably get the oven and drier repaired - apparently no-one is repairing fridges because it is just not worth it!!! I thought they were impossibly expensive to dispose of and apparently the broken bit is quite likely to cost only �15 but no-one will even come and check so I could order it and get it replaced. I would like to say rant over and thanks for listening but I still feel angry about it (that and the fact that this house is costing me my wage packet every month to get things repaired)
I have joined freecycle - I am it's tenth member in my area I think we should be teaching this type of basic maintenance in schools oh dear I can feel another rant. I feel very frustrated tha I can't do it myself
I remember a man at work telling me that black and decker had an outlet near him and you could return your nonworking tools for a discount on new ones.When he queeried it,the manager said that their tools were only ever meant to last so many hours of use as they were only switched on for a few minutes at a time.
When we had a washing machine repair man round once,he said spare parts only had to be made for 5 years as that was the expected life of the machine!
I have joined freecycle - I am it's tenth member in my area I think we should be teaching this type of basic maintenance in schools oh dear I can feel another rant. I feel very frustrated tha I can't do it myself
Couldn't agree more - I learned latin at school which was interesting enough but now I'd appreciate a bit more knowledge of how a car works and is serviced as well as other white goods and general home maintenance. I suppose I could find out but a grounding back then would have gone a long way.
) In the last three weeks alone oven, fridge and tumble drier (yes I know - but we hardly ever use it and we live in Wales for goodness sake - rains all winter!) has stopped working. I could go on and in fact people are starting to discuss poltergeists with me.. but anyway the point is that although I can probably get the oven and drier repaired - apparently no-one is repairing fridges because it is just not worth it!!! I thought they were impossibly expensive to dispose of and apparently the broken bit is quite likely to cost only �15 but no-one will even come and check so I could order it and get it replaced. 
I would like to say rant over and thanks for listening but I still feel angry about it (that and the fact that this house is costing me my wage packet every month to get things repaired)
I think we should be teaching this type of basic maintenance in schools oh dear I can feel another rant. I feel very frustrated tha I can't do it myself
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