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Please, just walk in to the shop and have a conversation with them.
Or just a separate account for non-essential vanity purchases.
Like £400 washing machines.
jonnyboi - Member
Please, just walk in to the shop and have a conversation with them.
I'm walking in later and picking it up... Simple as that... I asked and listened to the opinions and agree with the logic.
he could have returned them for a refund per the distance selling regulations
Not if it is a custom item made especially for OP (which he says it is). They are expressly excluded.
so i was asking you lot to see if you felt it was acceptable
what we think is irrelavent
On some things i'd agree 🙂
However it is nice to have a 'voice of reason' sometimes.
That wasn't exactly what he said - it's not a custom made item (not within the meaning of the distance selling act) it's simply a particular off-the-shelf combo, which I'm sure you could buy as a standard item from an online retailer.
We spent £400 on a washing machine in 2007. Cheapest one with a 1600 spin which makes a difference in drying clothes inside. Plus it's quiet enough that you can sit in the kitchen and eat and talk whilst it's going.
To the OP - stick it on a credit card and pay it off in a month or two. Sorted. Using credit cards is not in any way bad - failing to pay off the debt, that's bad.
its a nice problem to have: £400 washing machine and having the £££ to even consider hope wheels. Hope you get it sorted OP and you're not taken to the cleaners by the LBS... *drops mic
I think you’ve doing the right thing Weeksy.
Cheapest one with a 1600 spin which makes a difference in drying clothes inside
Do you use the 1600 spin? Whenever we do
a) the house feels like it's about to shake to bits
b) The clothes come out like cardboard pressed flat with loads of creases that are a bugger to get out.
a) the house feels like it's about to shake to bits
Ours feels like that on 1200, so much so that after this weekend we left it turned off... i think we may have caused an earthquake.
Do you use the 1600 spin?
adjust the feet so it's flat?
is there enough / too much in the drum? a half-empty machine will be off-balance.
Sometimes it' about what's morally right not what you can get away with by the letter of the law . I'm a believer in Karma perhaps you are not .poah - Member
Quite the opposite, if he'd bought online he'd already paid for it and would now be out of pocket whilst he waited for the refund, plus the hassle of posting them back, them possibly going missing etc etc.
he could have returned them for a refund per the distance selling regulations or cancelled the order before they arrived.There is nothing to stop you cancelling the order, if you need the money for something else I would cancel them. At the end of the day, who is more important you or the bike shop.
What's the protocol under these circumstances ?
Buy the thing you ordered in.
She wanted specific spin rates, certain cycles, various other things... i care very little.
Reminds me of a bloke I bought a house off many many years ago - "Are you leaving the washing machine?" I asked, "Yes," he replied "I'm buying the wife a Zanussi" 😆
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Good man, I wasn't being rude with my comment, just suggesting that a reasonable conversation is usually the best course of action.
They do look good though!
I never thought for a second anyone was being rude.
Nice !
I never thought for a second anyone was being rude.
How about now?
You paid £400 quid for that gopping piece of crap?
😛
No. That was £250. I bought a front too
£400 a pair! That’s more reasonable!
At the end of the day, who is more important you or the bike shop.
"Important" is an interesting choice of word...
You surely didn't need to buy 3!?
That orange hub would look cool on my RM... are they 29"?
😕 thems £400 washing machines don't look like the cheap ones I'm used to.....where do you put the powder?
1. Keep one rear wheel
2. Sell the other two
3. Profit
Good work weeksy
Lol phone issues, there's only 1 wheel. Well, one today, the other arrived a month ago.
Set up tubeless now and just waiting to see if it holds are overnight.
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Reminds me of a bloke I bought a house off many many years ago - "Are you leaving the washing machine?" I asked, "Yes," he replied "I'm buying the wife a Zanussi"
Missed opportunity for a 'nah, she's coming too' joke to my mind.
I want pics of the washing machine
Lol it arrives tomorrow, as do my replacement Kickr Snap. I'm not sure which will spin the most tomorrow!
I want pics of the washing machine
This, if you are buying Hope wheels, it should be a Bosch or Siemens at the very least. What wheels for Miele?
BTW my Miele was £400 about 17 years ago. It's still running strong. Not the quietest machine in the world, but it is heavy enough to have its own gravitational field.
Its a Bosch apparently.
Am I the only one who doesn’t think £400 is a lot for a washing machine? We looked at some the other day, and they were substantially more than that.
Nice wheel by the way. Blingy.
jako - Member
Am I the only one who doesn’t think £400 is a lot for a washing machine?
No, you're not.
If you want something that washes clothes, yes, it can be done for £250. If you want something that washes HUGE loads, and does so with a minimum use of water and power and will continue to do so for in excess of 10 years, you may pay more.
I think ours was £550.
Huge loads? Maybe not, ours is just a normal sized one, but then the limitation is drying space rather than the amount which fits in the machine. Doesn't use much water or power. Previous (cheap) machine lasted almost 20 years (and what eventually killed it was fundamentally wear and tear which would also happen to an expensive one), I'd be surprised if this one didn't manage that. You're kidding yourself if you think paying more gets you something which will last longer.
Hope Hoops though, much better than normal wheels.
You're kidding yourself if you think paying more gets you something which will last longer.
IME £2-300 washers tend to die after 2-3 years and need plenty of TLC (& expense) to keep them going even that long.
I "accidentally" [*] bought a £600-odd Miele about 10 years ago and it hasn't missed a beat.
Expensive? Yes.
Worth it? Definitely.
* [i]Due to a measurement cock-up in new kitchen build, the Miele was the only model shallow enough to fit the space without fouling adjacent cupboard & drawer in an L-shaped unit.[/i]
IME £2-300 washers tend to die after 2-3 years and need plenty of TLC (& expense) to keep them going even that long.
What the hell are you washing in there?
We have a singlespeed washing machine.
It also has a slightly larger drum which really makes my snappers come alive.
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You tease weeksy
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Your front QR lever is facing the wrong way.
Hope the logos on the washing machine are better aligned