Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

wageslave

SingleSue wrote: »

I got the model number wrong....it is WM1480FHD.

WS - I'm not sure I would have the gall! Especially as the washing machine is quite old (purchased around 2003 ish).

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. It is not about gall it is just about remembering you are talking to real people.

People are mostly nice and at work have far more power than you realise. Once in a while, in our working lives, we can do anything we please.

Give it go


FC, it was Macaque(?) here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3118130

I mortally offended the monkey. I must be completely insensitive because I still am not sure how

Made me feel really badass though:)

Doozergirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

£97 for the washing machine part http://www.espares.co.uk/part/washing-machines/door-parts/lg/p/1556/81/0/0/552937/washing-machine-door-asse.html

£127 on this site http://www.buyspares.co.uk/lg/wm1480fhd/door-assy/product.pl?pid=866424&path=66991:443365,111341:79178&model_ref=48938

Perfect. Just don't do what I did. Some little tiny screw broke on ours which caused the door to fall off. The fall caused a bit of the plastic door trim stuff to fall off.

Cue call to espares where I purchased a brand new door and gubbins for something like £80. This being after I had dismantled the original door carefully, making sure to remember how it all went together.

New door arrives a few days later for me to realise that the screw that broke originally is not part of the door pack. So I have a little think about it for a few days. Decide to at least put the door back together, except I've completely forgotten how it was done. So I put that to one side to think about the little missing screw for a bit longer and worry about the cost of the screw and which entire pack I need to buy to get one screw.

Fast forward five years, three and a half house moves and the semi-broken washing machine and two dismantled doors still live in my garage. At some point about three years ago H even removed what he thinks is said missing screw from a washing machine at a scrap yard. No idea where that is at all.

Possibly best just to claim it off the insurance.

misskool

fc123 wrote: »

Cheers PN...I have gone through the spread sheet with a highlighter and this could save us a bomb on deoderants, moisturisers, shampoo/cond, toothpaste and a few basic store cupboard items. Buying a years supply of that stuff seems a good idea.

The £20 limit is a PITA though as I guess you have to go in and out buying a batch of stuff each time. Realistically it could take all day..and it would look odd as easiest way is to bulk buy each item......so a basket full of deoderants 1st, 2nd basket full of shampoo and so on.

Snag is I don't have a spare day . Have just worked through the W/E too......maybe I'll go and do a late night on Tuesday after list is updated.

Hope everyone is well and good luck with the washing machine mending Sue.

I started looking through things to stock up as well but I'm tired. Very very tired from working in the garden, I feel like such a wimp. Three years here and the garden still looks like the lost jungle in spring

PasturesNew

Doozergirl wrote: »

Perfect. Just don't do what I did. Some little tiny screw broke on ours which caused the door to fall off. The fall caused a bit of the plastic door trim stuff to fall off.

Cue call to espares where I purchased a brand new door and gubbins for something like £80. This being after I had dismantled the original door carefully, making sure to remember how it all went together.

New door arrives a few days later for me to realise that the screw that broke originally is not part of the door pack. So I have a little think about it for a few days. Decide to at least put the door back together, except I've completely forgotten how it was done. So I put that to one side to think about the little missing screw for a bit longer and worry about the cost of the screw and which entire pack I need to buy to get one screw.

Fast forward five years, three and a half house moves and the semi-broken washing machine and two dismantled doors still live in my garage. At some point about three years ago H even removed what he thinks is said missing screw from a washing machine at a scrap yard. No idea where that is at all.

Possibly best just to claim it off the insurance.

A lot of people have webcams/camera phone things now and could actually video what they're doing and talk through it.... in case they forget. Bl00dy marvellous stuff, technology, if you've got it.

wageslave

I didn't touch the garden today and Lord knows it needed it.

It ws such a nice day though and I figured the weeds could wait

I took the overweight dog and the girls to the beach with buckets, spades and the complete works of Shakespeare.

The dog ran about, the brats collected shells and I read out loud

I am hoping that something, other than sand, sticks

michaels

I do have more free time than money at the moment, tesco is 4 miles, don't normally go there but it seems rude not to take their money.

Have had 240 of vouchers in 3 visits - got it down to DW and I both go in twice and each basket needs to cost at least £20 (to be paid for by previous voucher) and needs to cost no more than £10 less in asda.

For example dishwasher tablets 12.98, toothpaste 1.96 2xmagnum 2.29, flour 1.48 cost 5.00, 1.00, 1.00 and 1.00 respectively in Asda, total cost in Tesco 20.98, in asda 9.00, tesco give back a voucher for £20 as they are £11.98 more so you could repeat this every day using the voucher from the previous day and spending only 98p each time.

Official limit is redeem 1 voucher per day but if you pay by cash and don't use a clubcard they have no way of knowing...

I expect washing machines to cost about £80 per year - ie a £160 machine should last 2 years and an £800 one 10 years. They definitely last a lot less time than they used to when even a cheap machine would last 5 years.

fc123

wageslave wrote: »

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. It is not about gall it is just about remembering you are talking to real people.

People are mostly nice and at work have far more power than you realise. Once in a while, in our working lives, we can do anything we please.

Give it go


FC, it was Macaque(?) here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3118130

I mortally offended the monkey. I must be completely insensitive because I still am not sure how

Made me feel really badass though:)

I just read it through and can't see why yours was worse (in his eyes) than the others who challenged his views.

Well....you're not PPR so if it was reported, wasn't bad enough for a warning.

wageslave

I still dont understand why he was offended.

Everyone else obviously does so it must be me

I feel all Hamishish.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

I expect washing machines to cost about £80 per year - ie a £160 machine should last 2 years and an £800 one 10 years. They definitely last a lot less time than they used to when even a cheap machine would last 5 years.

When I bought mine it was the cheapest I could buy, so about £170 ... and it lasted about 17 years. So £10/year. It never needed any work doing to it either.

My parents just replaced their machine last year, the previous one cost them about £200 and they'd had it 20 years.

PasturesNew

wageslave wrote: »

I still dont understand why he was offended.

Everyone else obviously does so it must be me

I feel all Hamishish.

Your opening line did call him a prat. Maybe it was that.