Non-motoring > Cost of spares for white goods. Miscellaneous
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New Sun 28 Mar 10 04:23 
 Cost of spares for white goods. - RattleandSmoke
The last time I had to replace my dads carpet cleaner motor it cost me more than £200 so they said to source the motor. I probably could have taken the motor to a specialist electronics firm to refurbish but it wasn't worth the hassle. The cost apparently was so high because the part had to be from the USA. A bit of research on google revealed I could get exactly the same thing from the same supplier for £50.

It turned out it was just a fake RRP price. If you wanted a motor for a carpet cleaner for a machine that costs over £1k new then it would cost £200, if I wanted the same motor for no reason it was a quarter of the price.

I often pay £15 for belts for washing machines and tumble dryers. I had to scrap a tumble dryer last week because a bearing kit was £25 the dryers were only £100 new! We ended up buying a new condenser one.

It is also no doubt the same with my speakers, I bet a spare tweeter would cost £30 even though I got them for £100 a pair as they were discontunied.
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 Cost of spares for white goods. new henry k 27 Mar 10 21:37
 Cost of spares for white goods. new Fursty Ferret 27 Mar 10 22:07
 Cost of spares for white goods. new VxFan 27 Mar 10 22:46
 Cost of spares for white goods. new Zero 27 Mar 10 22:38
 Cost of spares for white goods. new henry k 27 Mar 10 23:11
 Cost of spares for white goods. new rtj70 27 Mar 10 23:55
 Cost of spares for white goods. new RattleandSmoke 28 Mar 10 04:23
 Cost of spares for white goods. new bathtub tom 28 Mar 10 09:23
 Cost of spares for white goods. new - 28 Mar 10 11:05
 Cost of spares for white goods. new Zero 28 Mar 10 11:13
 Cost of spares for white goods. new - 28 Mar 10 11:35
 Cost of spares for white goods. new Zero 28 Mar 10 11:39
 Cost of spares for white goods.. new Dog 28 Mar 10 12:22
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 Cost of spares for white good.. new RattleandSmoke 28 Mar 10 13:20
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