Compensation

Mr.Generous

Good effort for a wind up. 8 / 10

neilmcl

Alter_ego wrote: »

The bedspread didn't get heavier. The water in it would have weighed the same as if you were washing a pair of knickers.

Yes, but the bedspread soaks up and holds onto the water making the load much heavier during the all important rinse and spin stages and knackering the machine.

Still the OP's own fault though

mattyprice4004

Sorry but you made the mistake, I bet the office had a giggle when you tried to claim compensation for your own balls up.

Sometimes in life you make mistakes that cost money - unfortunately this is one of them!

bris

Op may have a case. The manufacture should put a warning on the Duvet saying how heavy it is when wet and that domestic washing machines cant take the load.


Common sense really, can no one but me and the OP see that?

LABMAN

bris wrote: »

Op may have a case. The manufacture should put a warning on the Duvet saying how heavy it is when wet and that domestic washing machines cant take the load.


Common sense really, can no one but me and the OP see that?

What Duvet? The OP says it's a bedspread, which is a different thing entirely.

davidmcn

bris wrote: »

Op may have a case.

Against whom? They didn't buy the item.

neilmcl

bris wrote: »

Op may have a case. The manufacture should put a warning on the Duvet saying how heavy it is when wet and that domestic washing machines cant take the load.


Common sense really, can no one but me and the OP see that?

No, because you're both being daft.

wesleyad

neilmcl wrote: »

Yes, but the bedspread soaks up and holds onto the water making the load much heavier during the all important rinse and spin stages and knackering the machine.

Still the OP's own fault though

And add to that would make the load non symmetrical which is where the damage probably occurs. My washer will stop and moan if that happens.

System

I would have thought a £15 bedspread would have been pretty thin to start with ! adding water would have not made it any heavier than a normal load .

Hermione_Granger

bris wrote: »

Op may have a case. The manufacture should put a warning on the Duvet saying how heavy it is when wet and that domestic washing machines cant take the load.


Common sense really, can no one but me and the OP see that?

Should I sue Ford if my husband puts the alternator of the car he is rebuilding in my washing machine to get all the muck off it and it damages it?
If not, why not? After all, there is nothing written on the alternator advising that it shouldn't be cleaned in a domestic washing machine.