Useful white goods repair website?

I was scouting around for one earlier as my dryer had gone up the spout earlier. Managed to find a company called repaircare, and was given a fixed quote of under £100. Deffo worth a click.

To be honest I have never heard of either of them. From my personal experience it always seems to be more expensive to repair rather than replace, which is wrong I know from a green perspective....

Noooooooooo, the one you want is UK Whitegoods - Domestic Appliance Help, Advice, Repairs & Spare Parts brilliant site, it is a forum run by repairers and you have to register, then you tell them what your item is and what is wrong with it and someone will come back and tell you if you can repair it yourself, what parts you need and then they order them for you.

If you can't repair it yourself, they will recommend a repairer in your area and they have all come on recommendation and they charge acceptable rate, none of you head shaking and teeth sucking from this lot.

I have had the guy back they recommended to us several times now for various appliances and if its ****** he will tell you, if its not, he'll fix it!!!

Highly recommended site and has saved us a lot of money in repair bills (you'd be surprised how easy it is to change a thermostat on a tumble dryer.

That looks like a great site Witch Consumer. I'll sticky this post.

Tony

Yes looks like a really good site, and having someone who has used it and has positive experience is always good too.

Now, is there a site somewhere that can make children behave themselves?

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Noooooooooo, the one you want is UK Whitegoods - Domestic Appliance Help, Advice, Repairs & Spare Parts[/url] brilliant site, it is a forum run by repairers and you have to register, then you tell them what your item is and what is wrong with it and someone will come back and tell you if you can repair it yourself, what parts you need and then they order them for you.

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I dunno, I compared both (along with many others of course) & I'd seriously think twice, if it's a cost effective repair you're after - I'd go with RepairCare. Plus, the treatment I received, i can't speak highly enough of them.

How odd - I could have sworn I posted on this. I hire my white goods - from forbesdirect and I have to say I cannot fault them. My tumble drier costs three pounds a month, has been repaired twice in eight years and is serviced yearly. My washing machine is brilliant and the service is rapid and fantastic. I would never ever buy new now.

You are talking about different things now... One of them is a repair-site where your "own" appliances are repaired, the other one is a "appliance-hiring" site.

In my opinion, both sites address completely different target groups. Me, for example, I would never hire white goods. That's just not me, don't ask me why. But I am sure that many people think like me...

If an appliance breaks down I usually replace it. There are usually some good deals around.

Having an appliance repaired brings back memories of having to book time off work to be at home for a 4 hour slot and then having to wait for parts. Then booking more time off work to be at home for the next repair attempt.

Having read these posts and taken a quick look at the websites mentioned, I will certainly look in to a repair as well as looking for a replacement the next time something breaks down. I may even attempt a repair myself. Cost and convenience will be the deciding factors.

Thanks for this information - that's wonderful. I have many many memories of waiting in for repairmen and I think I mentioned somewhere else that I have since given up on my dishwasher. If it really does work out as cheap as chips to rent that is very very appealing to me! I will definitely go and take a look at that option ....

Having an appliance repaired brings back memories of having to book time off work to be at home for a 4 hour slot and then having to wait for parts. Then booking more time off work to be at home for the next repair attempt.

espares or quinnspare (both online) are good for parts. To be honest though there's so much deflation in electricals and what with the call out charge alone your probably better buying new.

Does anyone know if when you've bought a washing machine, can you get a refund if it hasn't been delivered yet?
bought a new washing machine but I've just realised that it may not fit in my new house as I didn't measure! argh!

that's interesting but alot of the time it costs more to repair than buying a new one

Its true that sometimes better to buy new one

I agreed with tracyG that its better to replace it..

I would replace it if I were you.

Thanks for this post. I’ll take a look at the site offering repairs and the other site, too (appliance hiring).

Is White Goods Help a legit website? I need some appliances repaired. We've gone through some of its articles and it's quite helpful.