Is this compensation good enough?

keiran

Well funnily enough, he had cooked a chicken tagine

powerful_Rogue

keiran wrote: »

If this wasn't a dreadful experience as deemed by some, I don't know what would be.

Something life changing, life threatening or fatal.

keiran

An exploding pressure cooker can be life threatening, life changing and potentially fatal - how would you fancy being in a kitchen when that happened?

Oakdene

keiran wrote: »

An exploding pressure cooker can be life threatening, life changing and potentially fatal - how would you fancy being in a kitchen when that happened?

Driving a car could be life changing & potentially fatal IF you crash...

foxtrotoscar_2

keiran wrote: »

An exploding pressure cooker can be life threatening, life changing and potentially fatal - how would you fancy being in a kitchen when that happened?

No one's life was threatened/changed and it wasn't fatal in this case though. You can't expect to be compensated for what didn't happen!

photome

keiran wrote: »

An exploding pressure cooker can be life threatening, life changing and potentially fatal - how would you fancy being in a kitchen when that happened?

But it wasnt life changing or fatal.

however Trinidad thinks you have a case for some serious compo so maybe take his advice, or accept it and live to to tell the tale over and over

LilElvis

Tell your friend to buy a decent pressure cooker next time - not a cheap one from Argos. Amazon stock the full range of WMF ones, plus all the spares. Heavy duty stainless steel and designed to last - starting price around £130.

DCFC79

LilElvis wrote: »

Tell your friend to buy a decent pressure cooker next time - not a cheap one from Argos. Amazon stock the full range of WMF ones, plus all the spares. Heavy duty stainless steel and designed to last - starting price around £130.

It was the OP who actually bought the item as a gift to give to the friend who is the victim in this.

timbstoke

keiran wrote: »

An exploding pressure cooker can be life threatening, life changing and potentially fatal - how would you fancy being in a kitchen when that happened?

It certainly can be. And if it had been, you would expect the offer of compensation to be considerably higher. Thankfully, it wasn't, and so the offer reflects the damage that was actually done instead.

The simple answer is, if your friend feels they are entitled to more, they can certainly ask for it - this is a negotiation after all. By the same token, Argos are entitled to decline their request or even rescind the offer they've already made.

Presumably the reimbursement of painting costs includes the cost of getting a contractor in to do the work? If so, that sounds fair, although I'd be tempted to give them the option of just covering the cost of paint and making it £250 in vouchers to cover your time in doing the work yourself. If they're offering £75 and only offering to cover the cost of the paint, I'd be reminding them that walls don't paint themselves and asking for their offer of vouchers to reflect the amount of time you need to spend carrying out the work.

LilElvis

DCFC79 wrote: »

It was the OP who actually bought the item as a gift to give to the friend who is the victim in this.

The OP can buy his friend a decent pressure cooker then.