My daughter's neighbour is having a new fully fitted kitchen, and the appliances are being disposed of....... already daughter is the proud owner of a nearly new fridge freezer, and asked if we were interested in a 6 month old LG washing machine for £70. Seemed too good to pass, especially as ours is 12 years old, but still performing well.
Changed them over yesterday, and it transpires the new (to us) machine is shaking the utility room to pieces when on spin. A domestic appliance engineer friend came around this evening to look at it, and said the shock absorbers are shot, and parts only will cost about £150..... never mind the hassle of fitting them!
So in the spirit of this forum, I just thought I'd share my frustration at buying a pile of shite. We're going to wait until it shakes itself to pieces, and then buy new, just as we should have done in the first place.
Which leaves a bit of bad feeling between me and SWMBO, who's now feeling guilty about wasting £70. I daren't let on to daughter that it's been a bit of a bad decision, as she will also feel bad that things have gone Pete Tong.
Moral of the story - don't believe everything people tell you, and although I'm old enough and wise enough to know it may have been a bit of a gamble, it's certainly turned out to be dangle berries. The old machine is on the driveway in front of my ebay bargain Omega which is now SORN, so you can imagine the property is starting to look a bit like a Did's Yard...... at least the old machine is still a working appliance and can be fitted back in place soon enough.
Anyone want to buy a used washing machine, ha ha?
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