Hotpoint/Indesit dishwasher spares - any realistic prices?
A friend ordered a replacement cutlery basket, and later, some wheels for
his Hoptpoint dishwasher. The basket was bad enough for £20 (ish, I forget now, but it was silly prices!). But the wheels were....wait for it...£40 for a set of plastic wheels for the top and bottom basket. PLUS - £5 for "special packaging and handling" (a bubble envelope arrived with an 88p frank on it). Rightly, they wrote and questioned the prices - basically, it seems like the excuse is that everything is about £40 and postage is always about £5 ("representing exceptional value blah blah insert standard paragraph here") SO....not wanting to get caught out like this when it comes to repairing MY appliances, is there a good "factor" of replacement "grey market", similar, or even genuine parts, that are priced a little more realistically? |
Jonathan wrote:
A friend ordered a replacement cutlery basket, and later, some wheels for his Hoptpoint dishwasher. The basket was bad enough for £20 (ish, I forget now, but it was silly prices!). But the wheels were....wait for it...£40 for a set of plastic wheels for the top and bottom basket. PLUS - £5 for "special packaging and handling" (a bubble envelope arrived with an 88p frank on it). Rightly, they wrote and questioned the prices - basically, it seems like the excuse is that everything is about £40 and postage is always about £5 ("representing exceptional value blah blah insert standard paragraph here") SO....not wanting to get caught out like this when it comes to repairing MY appliances, is there a good "factor" of replacement "grey market", similar, or even genuine parts, that are priced a little more realistically? I was quoted similar prices by Hotpoint so looked elsewhere. Went with mselectrical.co.uk - 14.99 for cutlery basket & 2.99 for wheel, goods delivered next day. |
Try CPC.co.uk. (aka Farnell)
I oredered some bits for a Hotpoint washing machine yesterday. Ordered at 11:10 for Standard delivery (2 - 5 days). Arrived today at 2:45 p.m.. About half the price of my local 'Domestic Appliance Spares and Repairs' shop. It all looks to be good quality. Dunno if they do dishwasher bits. |
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:06:06 UTC, "Aidan" wrote:
Try CPC.co.uk. (aka Farnell) I oredered some bits for a Hotpoint washing machine yesterday. Ordered at 11:10 for Standard delivery (2 - 5 days). Arrived today at 2:45 p.m.. About half the price of my local 'Domestic Appliance Spares and Repairs' shop. It all looks to be good quality. Dunno if they do dishwasher bits. They do. -- Bob Eager begin a new life...dump Windows! |
"Bob Eager" wrote in message
... On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:06:06 UTC, "Aidan" wrote: Try CPC.co.uk. (aka Farnell) I oredered some bits for a Hotpoint washing machine yesterday. Ordered at 11:10 for Standard delivery (2 - 5 days). Arrived today at 2:45 p.m.. About half the price of my local 'Domestic Appliance Spares and Repairs' shop. It all looks to be good quality. Dunno if they do dishwasher bits. They do. Wow - never thought of cpc, even though I knew of them. Well, thanks for those top tips - duly bookmarked and noted! |
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:16:27 UTC, "Jonathan"
wrote: "Bob Eager" wrote in message ... On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:06:06 UTC, "Aidan" wrote: Try CPC.co.uk. (aka Farnell) I oredered some bits for a Hotpoint washing machine yesterday. Ordered at 11:10 for Standard delivery (2 - 5 days). Arrived today at 2:45 p.m.. About half the price of my local 'Domestic Appliance Spares and Repairs' shop. It all looks to be good quality. Dunno if they do dishwasher bits. They do. Wow - never thought of cpc, even though I knew of them. They list only a few parts online and in the catalogue - so if the part you want isn't there, ring up and ask. -- Bob Eager begin a new life...dump Windows! |
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