Buying a Washing Machine

TigaSefi · 19-10-2003, 11:07

Does anyone have any good sites to buy a washing machine at good prices ? I have tried comet, Currys, and empiredirect.co.uk and I liked a washing machine from Empiredirect but unfortunately they don't seem to deliver anywhere else apart from the card holder place (I live at my gf's house) and I don't fancy carryin' a 2 ton washing machine half way across london.

Paul · 19-10-2003, 11:36

Argos?

Chimaera · 19-10-2003, 11:36

I think you will find the delivery/credit card problem with all the major sites TigaSefi. If you find a machine you like on the Comet or Curry's website, have you tried going into your nearest branch and ordering it from there? If it is cheaper on the web take a printout with you - they will sometimes match the price!

TigaSefi · 21-10-2003, 14:17

Sorted, went into curry's and it came today.... missus happy.

Dooby · 21-10-2003, 15:04

damn, i was too late..
http://www.appliance-direct.co.uk/
got a little compact dishwasher ( bosch ) from this place, v.cheap, delivered to my work address by courier included in price.

21-10-2003, 15:10

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Originally Posted by TigaSefi

Sorted, went into curry's and it came today.... missus happy.

Excellent, I just pray you didnt buy a Servis product.

handyman · 21-10-2003, 15:25

or indesit, hotpoint or hoover

All gone down hill big time.

TigaSefi · 21-10-2003, 16:20

Well, we did have a servis that was working very well till my lil 16 months old decided to play with the on/off button repeatdly during a wash till it blew up and cut off the electric

Now we got an Indesit so we'll see how that goes

Incidently i wanted to get a BOSCH but they looked friggin' ugly and cost far too much for my budget.

Chimaera · 21-10-2003, 17:59

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Originally Posted by handyman

or indesit, hotpoint or hoover

All gone down hill big time.

Erm - what would you suggest then handy?

(I agree with not buying Hoover btw

but have just bought an Indesit!)

handyman · 22-10-2003, 00:17

Zanussi, Aeg , Miele , Bosch or Siemens.

For the money you cant go wrong with a miele, they are built for 20 years service. You may see indesits at sub Ã‚Â£200 but from a service point of view the expected life of them is around 14 months.

Miele used to (i dont know if they still do) offer a extended warranty to 5 years for Ã‚Â£15. This is through a company that offer the same on other brands for around Ã‚Â£150. And its a fully comp w/tee also covers accidental damage the works, thats how confident they are in their product.

Top whack on a miele is Ã‚Â£1000 plus but for that you will get a fantastic washer. They start from Ã‚Â£500 but they built like brick out houses.

If you have the space for one phillips do a american style top loader that I also rate, its semi commercial and takes something like a 17lb load. Price on them is sub Ã‚Â£400 also. They do a matching dryer also v good. Dryer Washer

[edit]add candy to the 'avoid with bargepole list also', possibly as bad as indesit esp the older ones, impossible to service.

oohh and just remembered about miele, they have only one service fella for the north east covering most stuff they do, and he aint that busy.

SMHarman · 22-10-2003, 01:47

Bosch - best balance between price and reliability.

Bosch is also branded Siemens

Mielie - will never go wrong - but you pay for it. John Lewis wwty them for 15 years I think.

JL also a good place to buy never undersold and extended wwtys for free

handyman · 22-10-2003, 04:03

are you a washer chap too smharman?

Seems we both speaking the same language, though i'm sure if we had or way we be recomending the old 95.. series hotpoints, not a super washer but very cheap to maintain and v easy for washer repair types to fix.

SMHarman · 22-10-2003, 09:10

No just did a pretty big rebuild on my house last year - moved the kitchen and refitted as a result ended up shopping for all new kitchen appliances. The Which guides are very good for this also.

Did you know the 4th wedding aniversary gift is traditionally fruit or flowers and in the modern list appliances. I told Mrs H I had bought her a Dishwasher (Bosch), Fridge (Admiral American Side by Side), Washing Machine (Bosch Excel), Dryer (Bosch Logix) and Range cooker (Smeg) for her aniversary, but she still wanted more!

D&G are busy reminding me to buy three extended wtys for the wet appliances - pah.

Whats also good is they are cold water only so it is a) clean and not tainted by being run through the storage system (though the megaflow is pretty clean) and b) does not use hot or impact on showers etc.

iadom · 22-10-2003, 16:45

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Originally Posted by handyman

are you a washer chap too smharman?

Seems we both speaking the same language, though i'm sure if we had or way we be recomending the old 95.. series hotpoints, not a super washer but very cheap to maintain and v easy for washer repair types to fix.

Naw.. What you really want is a Hotpoint 1090 Empress. Large 1/4 horsepower British Thopmson Hueston motor with centrifugal start switch, massive separate gearbox..oh yes, did I forget to mention the powered wringer.

I can still remember the part numbers for the gearbox and post nut, the last time I repaired one of these must be over 25 years ago.

PS, Both Hotpoint and Bosch have had major bearing problems with their machines in the past couple of years.

SMHarman · 22-10-2003, 16:50

A friend of mine had a Zanussi whose concrete counterweight exploded over the kitchen floor. Poor readymix apparantly.