White goods help and advice for UK
Help and advice about white goods appliances by a UK engineer with 40 years experience. Quoted and consulted by journalists and media around the world (Previously Washerhelp)
A collection of articles and resources useful to anyone thinking of buying a new appliance covering many different concerns.
Last updated on February 28th, 2017
It might be called the Hotpoint clearance store to keep it snappy, but here you can find heavily discounted appliances by Hotpoint, Indesit & Whirlpool, Maytag and Cannon. The Hotpoint Clearance Store sells discontinued large appliances, including cookers, washing machines and fridges. Even though the models are discontinued some of them are still on sale elsewhere for substantially more.
Last updated on February 3rd, 2017
I’ve obtained a list of the top selling appliances at John Lewis. Free (standard) delivery is available on all appliances. There are some good extended guarantee offers on many appliances including a minimum 2 year guarantee on all appliances and 3 year guarantees on all John Lewis Brand appliances. Some appliances also have 5 or even 10 year guarantees. John Lewis are highly respected as the best retailer and win many customer service awards – John Lewis – Best Retailer
Last updated on February 24th, 2016
Last updated on February 3rd, 2017
Delivery companies like us to sign that we’ve received goods in good condition. It’s often impractical to check them properly, especially a highly protected white goods appliance. No delivery driver is going to wait until we’ve taken off all the packaging and carefully inspected our new appliance yet they expect us to sign to say it’s in perfect condition.
Last updated on February 3rd, 2017
Since writing this article energy ratings have moved from A+ to A++ and even A+++ but I don’t expect this to affect the principle of the points made here. In fact I would expect the difference between an A++ and A+++ to be even less than the differences described in the article for A and A+. There’s not that much difference between washing machines energy usage these days. You can save more money by switching suppliers.
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