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Originally Posted by Nuvistor
Not everyone is capable of safely repairing and item. There is then the cost of labour on any repair, I have just bought a new washing machine with a 10 year parts guarantee, unfortunately to get the spares it has to be via having the machine repaired by there own team. Call out charge at the moment £120.
New washing machine £300, there are cheaper ones, after 5 or 6 years use many would question a £120 callout charge.
To make the repair viable a new machine would have to cost a lot more, how many are willing to pay more.
It’s a long time since I was in retail but price was very often the main driver of a sale.
I don’t know what the answer is, but those doing the repairs will not want less for their labour, those paying will not want to pay more.
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BIT O/T, but answer to call out charge is extended warranty. Question then is when the cost of warranty exceeds the cost of one callout/year. On the other hand ,there are sites like White goods forum ,where repair blokes give their advice freely on how to fix stuff.