Dont you hate it when...

[Woodworks]

Thought this need reviving and I need to vent!

 

Dont you hate when you buy some new machinery and its faulty. Worse still you have to jump through time consuming hoops to prove to them it's faulty and not user error. Spent a day and a half faffing with some new kit that I can see has been made out of true but no I have to take it apart do this do that and oddly its still f**king faulty.

 

Not naming names as they will probably sort it but its a PITA and I am waiting for the old classic "thats very unusual we have never had that problem before"

Edited February 2, 2022 by Woodworks

[Haironyourchest]

Some real nightmares in this thread...

 

 

 

 

[Woodworks]

Well that didn't take long 

 

Bingo! "I am waiting for the old classic "thats very unusual we have never had that problem before""

[sime42]

I spent a couple of hours yesterday taking the bread maker apart, in order to replace what I thought was simply a broken drive belt. I almost had to disassemble the whole thing, just because it had been made and put together in a stupid way. It would have been so easy to just have the baseplate screwed on to allow easy access to the belt.

Highly likely I'd say, that it was an intentional design decision by the manufacturers to force people to buy a complete new machine rather than spend a £fiver on a belt. Pisses me off, it just encourages the throwaway consumer culture that's ruining everything, such a waste of money and resources, it shouldn't be allowed.

 

 

 

 

 

[Haironyourchest]

10 minutes ago, sime42 said:

I spent a couple of hours yesterday taking the bread maker apart, in order to replace what I thought was simply a broken drive belt. I almost had to disassemble the whole thing, just because it had been made and put together in a stupid way. It would have been so easy to just have the baseplate screwed on to allow easy access to the belt.

Highly likely I'd say, that it was an intentional design decision by the manufacturers to force people to buy a complete new machine rather than spend a £fiver on a belt. Pisses me off, it just encourages the throwaway consumer culture that's ruining everything, such a waste of money and resources, it shouldn't be allowed.

 

 

 

 

 

The EU allegedly is taking steps to address this, though it's early days yet. "Right of repair".... Certain minimum repairability standards, etc. 

[sime42]

The EU allegedly is taking steps to address this, though it's early days yet. "Right of repair".... Certain minimum repairability standards, etc. 

Yep, I keep hearing rumours about this. It's proving painfully slow to be implemented. Hope the idea doesn't get canned completely now that we're no longer part of the EU, wouldn't be surprised. It can't come soon enough IMO.

[Bob_z_l]

51 minutes ago, Haironyourchest said:

The EU allegedly is taking steps to address this, though it's early days yet. "Right of repair".... Certain minimum repairability standards, etc. 

That would be a result. 
When you have to disassemble half the car front end just t replace a light bulb. Madness. 

[peds]

4 hours ago, sime42 said:

I spent a couple of hours yesterday taking the bread maker apart, in order to replace what I thought was simply a broken drive belt. I almost had to disassemble the whole thing, just because it had been made and put together in a stupid way. It would have been so easy to just have the baseplate screwed on to allow easy access to the belt.

Highly likely I'd say, that it was an intentional design decision by the manufacturers to force people to buy a complete new machine rather than spend a £fiver on a belt. Pisses me off, it just encourages the throwaway consumer culture that's ruining everything, such a waste of money and resources, it shouldn't be allowed.

 

 

 

 

 

I swapped out the motor in my 50 year old Kenwood Chef last week. Tempted to buy another motor, just so I have one ready and waiting when it needs to be replaced in another 50 years.

[Ben Pinnick]

38 minutes ago, peds said:

I swapped out the motor in my 50 year old Kenwood Chef last week. Tempted to buy another motor, just so I have one ready and waiting when it needs to be replaced in another 50 years.

Only 50 years? Id send it back.

Edited February 3, 2022 by Ben Pinnick

[nepia]

5 hours ago, Haironyourchest said:

The EU allegedly is taking steps to address this, though it's early days yet. "Right of repair".... Certain minimum repairability standards, etc. 

Needing to do everything BIG in the US a class action has just been taken out against John Deere over just this matter, the gist of the argument being that the current lack of one is an abuse of the virtual monopoly that JD have in the States