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Try and repair washing machine or buy a new one?

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TreeSunset · 25/08/2019 14:56

Washing machine is broken. It’s 4/5 years old and says an electrical error from googling the code. There are possibilities to fix it. Do I try and get someone out, see if it’s fixable and pay the call to then repair fee, or just cut to the chase and get s new one which can be here tomorrow? For the last 2 weeks I have been able to coax it into washing at a low temp without really spinning having to stop and restart it constantly.

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wowfudge · 25/08/2019 14:58

With the fault code, ask an appliance repair person/shop for an idea of cost and go from there?

GodolphianArabian · 25/08/2019 15:20

I gave up getting ours fixed. You end up having to find someone with availablity to look at it. Wait in for them to look at it. Then pay for parts, wait more for them to arrive. You then have to wait in again for it to be actually fixed. All this time you have washing building up. It costs at least £100ish for the repair. You can get a new one from Currys for £170. I know it's terrible for the environment.... I do think if manufacturing was more about longevity that would be better. I'm sure the machine we had when I was growing up lasted years and years and with 4 children it was used daily.

TheQueef · 25/08/2019 15:23

Terribly wasteful but for the repair price you can likely get new, delivered from AO.com.
When I left home I bought a second hand Ariston for £75, 12 years it lasted.
I'd pay good money to buy that beast again.

drsausage · 25/08/2019 15:50

We managed to keep our washing machine going for 11 years through many faults by googling the code then looking up on youtube how to fix it. I think it was when it got to the stage of needing a new motor that DH declared defeat.

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 25/08/2019 15:52

Depends on the make.

If it's a Bosch for example it may be worth repairing. If it's some cheap own brand type one, then probably not.

BuggerOffAndGoodDayToYou · 25/08/2019 17:00

I just had my ancient Miele repaired. Cost me £70. A like for like replacement machine would be £1700 (it was just under £1000 when we bought it a LONG time ago).

Unless it was a cheap machine to start with then it is worth at least looking into a repair.

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TreeSunset · 25/08/2019 18:27

It’s a Samsung ecobubble. Think it was around £400 when we bought it

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roses2 · 25/08/2019 19:59

Samsung's normally have a 5 year guarantee - do you know the date you bought it?

For an electrical fault I would personally get it repaired. I'm in London and my local repair shop charge £80 + parts.

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TreeSunset · 26/08/2019 13:14

Think that’s a new thing? I don’t think I probably got around to registering it for it’s warranty at the time.

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RhondaWade · 04/10/2019 07:46

The average life span of a washing machine is 10-11 years. So, I would suggest not to buy a new one instead you should call a handyman or residential electrical repairs company to fix the problem. You would waste your money if you buy a new one. I guess residential electrical repairs Morris County NJ experts can help you out with their on-call service. Get an electrician or handyman and save your money.

TreacherousPissFlap · 04/10/2019 08:31

Unfortunately godolphin is right IME.

We have a conveniently named Washing Machine Man who is very obliging and extremely knowledgeable. He'll often pop out and "have a look" on his way home, but actual work needs to be done in the daytime. Unless my shifts fall conveniently, one of us has to take a morning / afternoon off. Add that to the parts, call out fee, labour etc and also the inconvenience of waiting for parts to be delivered and I would buy a new one.

Unless you live extremely close to a launderette it's not really like you can do without one for any length of time.

Cedar03 · 04/10/2019 09:03

I'd phone up a repair person for advice and see what they say from the code error. Last time ours needed repairing the advice was that it wouldn't be worth the cost of doing it. But if you can spend £100 or so on a repair you'll be saving yourself £300 - assuming you went for like for like.

ElizaPancakes · 04/10/2019 09:12

When ours went the bloke who came and looked at it said it would cost as much as a new one to replace the motherboard - but ours was cheaper and also we didn’t know how old it was, came with the house.

We replaced with a cheap Bush one for less than £200 tbh.

Get it looked at before making a decision. Ours also stopped spinning which was SUCH a pain. We have a launderette nearby but didn’t have a car at the time so it was neither fun nor easy getting a load of washing there...

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