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Do I have a right to compensation

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  • fluffnutter
    fluffnutter Posts: 23,179 Forumite
    gordikin wrote: »
    My oven has been missing it's glass door for more than 3 years due to a broken hinge. The oven still works without it, maybe a bit less efficient but it works.

    ...and the kitchen's nice and warm too!
    "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.
  • hcb42
    hcb42 Posts: 5,962 Forumite
    Just ring them and ask them, I would have thought with a hob and a microwave you can manage if it is only a week or so.

    Spag Bol all round...
  • fluffnutter
    fluffnutter Posts: 23,179 Forumite
    This has got me thinking... I use the oven far less frequently than I use the hob. If I had to be without either I'd go without the oven for sure. Just cook lots of pasta sauces, pretty mumma - no need for an oven :)
    "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.
  • Equaliser123
    Equaliser123 Posts: 3,404 Forumite
    fluffnutter wrote: »
    Compensation is primarily to recompense you for a financial loss.

    Having to eat out being the obvious loss.
  • Equaliser123
    Equaliser123 Posts: 3,404 Forumite
    hcb42 wrote: »
    Just ring them and ask them, I would have thought with a hob and a microwave you can manage if it is only a week or so.

    Read the OP - it's been nearly a week already. There is no timescale put forward by Boots/Smeg.
  • fluffnutter
    fluffnutter Posts: 23,179 Forumite
    Equaliser123 wrote: »
    Having to eat out being the obvious loss.

    Really? Pretty mumma's not confirmed but it's likely she still has a hob. A hob and a microwave. If you can't rustle up dinner using those you need to get some 'how to live without dying' lessons.
    "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.
  • gordikin
    gordikin Posts: 4,422 Forumite
    Equaliser123 wrote: »
    Having to eat out being the obvious loss.

    They do not have to eat out though.
  • mynameisdave
    mynameisdave Posts: 1,284 Forumite
    Fourth working day from when the problem was reported and an engineer has visited and a letter been sent. Sounds like they are right on the ball and 4 days is hardly a massive inconvenience.

    Pasta, stir fry, mince and potatoes... Plenty of stuff that can be cooked on the hob. I'd be surprised if a Smeg oven did not have a seperate grill... They aint exactly a budget brand.
  • hcb42
    hcb42 Posts: 5,962 Forumite
    Equaliser123 wrote: »
    Read the OP - it's been nearly a week already. There is no timescale put forward by Boots/Smeg.
    I can read, thank you - all that education is not wasted hurrah. There is no indication it won't take less than a week either.....;)
  • Equaliser123
    Equaliser123 Posts: 3,404 Forumite
    hcb42 wrote: »
    I can read, thank you - all that education is not wasted hurrah. There is no indication it won't take less than a week either.....;)

    Errr, it's been a week on Sunday and insofar as we know, the part is still on order.
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