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Post# 156098   9/21/2006 at 16:12 (6,416 days old) by samsungfl (United Kingdom/London )        

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Didnt know they did em' this colour!!!

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Post# 156099 , Reply# 1   9/21/2006 at 16:14 (6,416 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Love the Hotpoint logo on the door glass!

Post# 156109 , Reply# 2   9/21/2006 at 16:39 (6,416 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)        

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Reading that i think its lol dare i say a "custom" hotpoint!! lol!! i love that colour!!! i'd be even more tempted if there was a colour choice in the range!

Darren

Post# 156112 , Reply# 3   9/21/2006 at 16:53 (6,416 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        
Me thinks...

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Its defiantly customised- if you look they say they can match ur kitchen etc!


looks v nice tho

Seamus

Post# 156117 , Reply# 4   9/21/2006 at 17:06 (6,416 days old) by dascot (Scotland)        

I've seen a black one - in John Lewis. Looked surprisingly smart for a Hotpoint, I had to do a double take to see what it was! I don't know if it was actually for sale or if it was an attention grabbing display item, but if that's what it was then it worked :)

Post# 156237 , Reply# 5   9/22/2006 at 03:43 (6,416 days old) by chrisbsuk (Bristol, uk)        

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that looks fab!
even my standard colour one looks cool

Post# 156337 , Reply# 6   9/22/2006 at 12:32 (6,415 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK)        

That colour is nice... have to say the metallic black LG's look really nice too.

Jon

Post# 156568 , Reply# 7   9/23/2006 at 16:37 (6,414 days old) by jasonmarc52 ()        
Going

I see you "GREAT Britainers" have finally decided to market a larger-size capacity washer. Is it that utilities and water are coming down in price across the Pond, or are people getting wiser to actually SAVING by doing larger and fewer laods? I am interested in knowing. I also relish the thought of having some "current-formula" British Ariel and Persil Liquids to use here. I have Turkish Ariel Color powder with 15%-30% phosphates, but NO bio action. I just add a Spray-n-Wash tab or a mini-cap of SnW liquid enzyme booster. Do the powders out there still contain my beloved phosphates? Jason

Post# 156570 , Reply# 8   9/23/2006 at 16:38 (6,414 days old) by jasonmarc52 ()        
Going "Queen-Size"?

 I see you "GREAT Britainers" have finally decided to market a larger-size capacity washer. Is it that utilities and water are coming down in price across the Pond, or are people getting wiser to actually SAVING by doing larger and fewer laods? I am interested in knowing. I also relish the thought of having some "current-formula" British Ariel and Persil Liquids to use here. I have Turkish Ariel Color powder with 15%-30% phosphates, but NO bio action. I just add a Spray-n-Wash tab or a mini-cap of SnW liquid enzyme booster. Do the powders out there still contain my beloved phosphates? Jason

Post# 156572 , Reply# 9   9/23/2006 at 16:58 (6,414 days old) by chrisbsuk (Bristol, uk)        

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Hi Jason, i must admit, i didnt buy the large capacity machine for economy reasons... i still just as happy to wash one or 20 items in one cycle - unlike the majority of American Washers, the European ones have load sensors so the water intake and subsequent energy usage are modified depending on what is in the drum..... Although would really love a huge American Style Whirlpool Duet!!

Post# 156579 , Reply# 10   9/23/2006 at 17:50 (6,414 days old) by samsungfl (United Kingdom/London )        

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Hi.Chris, did you find out what the problem was with your Aqualtis??

Richard

Post# 156619 , Reply# 11   9/23/2006 at 23:16 (6,414 days old) by cybrvanr ()        

I love the look of that machine! It's got hints of the classic slant-front westinghouse machines in it's styling, especially with that round window with the logo in the middle, the two round dials, and the sort of comet shaped gray section between the door and the top!

Post# 156655 , Reply# 12   9/24/2006 at 03:23 (6,414 days old) by chrisbsuk (Bristol, uk)        
Hi Rich....

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no i have not found out yet - there is yet more water in the drum this morning yet it had been off all day. i dont want it repaired, i want a new one as it is only a couple of months old!

Post# 156668 , Reply# 13   9/24/2006 at 05:13 (6,414 days old) by samsungfl (United Kingdom/London )        

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yeah!!! it shouldnt be needing repairs this early lol

Post# 156676 , Reply# 14   9/24/2006 at 07:22 (6,414 days old) by chrisbsuk (Bristol, uk)        

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you say that... bear in mind i am on my third one...

Post# 156677 , Reply# 15   9/24/2006 at 07:30 (6,414 days old) by glamwales ()        

LOL, go for a refund !

Post# 156742 , Reply# 16   9/24/2006 at 12:52 (6,413 days old) by samsungfl (United Kingdom/London )        
your third one!!!!

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I agree, thats unacceptable!! id get a refund to lol:P

Post# 156753 , Reply# 17   9/24/2006 at 13:38 (6,413 days old) by dascot (Scotland)        

Speak to the shop that you bought it from and request a refund or replacement under Sales of Goods Act.

Having said that, check by turning off the water tap to see if it is that or if it's coming in by syphoning through the drain. The Ariston washer-dryer I inherited with the house used to syphon water back in from the sink occasionally, though no idea if that was plumbing or the machine - the current machine has never done it though.

Post# 156755 , Reply# 18   9/24/2006 at 14:39 (6,413 days old) by chrisbsuk (Bristol, uk)        

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i will be calling Hotpoint in the morning, and request that they remove the machine pronto. Then its just a case of deciding what to go for instead. I want something that looks great, and is quiet....

Post# 156758 , Reply# 19   9/24/2006 at 14:46 (6,413 days old) by samsungfl (United Kingdom/London )        
Quite A Hard Choice

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Personally, i'd reccomend an AEG or Zanussi to be honest as there good value and the quality is there really. (im happy with mine so far.) lol:P or the new Hoover Vision which looks good, dont know much about it though lol

Richard

Post# 156764 , Reply# 20   9/24/2006 at 14:58 (6,413 days old) by dascot (Scotland)        

If you're happy with the Aqualtis aside from the strange water puzzle, why not ask them for a top of the range replacement, a 5 yr guarantee and some money back :)

Post# 156768 , Reply# 21   9/24/2006 at 15:42 (6,413 days old) by carlstock ()        

Sorry to put a dampener on things, but I would not touch any Hotpoint UK products any more. :-( Hotpoint always used to be our favourite, and we had no reason to go anywhere else.

We have two engineers coming round next week, and we are having the Hotpoint fridge taken away and seeking a refund. The other appliance, a Hotpoint dishwasher, is playing up, but we cannot get a refund on that because it was an insurance replacement.

Since Indesit (or Merloni, as it was called then) took over Hotpoint, they have *ruined* it. I do not wish to come across as nationalist or xenophobic, but long-standing British factories churning out pretty looking continental European rubbish is a disgrace. Miele, Bosch and Zanussi (Electrolux) can make decent products on the European mainland. Why can’t Indesit? There is no excuse for it. The Hotpoint brand in the UK has been completely dumbed down.

We still have a Hotpoint WD860 sitting in the hall, waiting to be collected. It has completely failed. We could not wait for a refund, so we went ahead and purchased a Miele Premier 520, and we are simply waiting for this Hotpoint to be collected. Of course, it isn’t *really* a Hotpoint – it’s an Indesit made in a UK factory. Even the Hotpoint Aqualitis is just an Ariston Aqualitis.

I like the way the WD860 works, and I do quite like the styling of recent Hotpoint products. However, all of the fancy looks are worthless if behind the pretty panels there is nothing but unreliable electronics and mechanics.

I am sure there will be many of you without any problems with Hotpoint and Indesit products, but we have got nowhere, and the unreliability of their products is well known in the trade.

Sorry to sound so negative, and I hope I have not caused any offence.

Post# 156770 , Reply# 22   9/24/2006 at 15:56 (6,413 days old) by dascot (Scotland)        

Hotpoint have, in the last 10-15 years, always been a little hit or miss with reliability, but their big downturn came after they redesigned their machines to make the larger load capacity machines. The ones based round the older design were still not too bad. It's a shame that a company should fall down so much in such a short time, but there's time for them to bounce back.

I think with Hotpoint, you take your chances on whether you get a good or bad machine - some are good and don't go wrong, some are bad and you have no end of trouble.

Post# 156776 , Reply# 23   9/24/2006 at 16:16 (6,413 days old) by carlstock ()        

Thanks, dascot. :-)

Hotpoint will not be able to improve if Indesit continue to source such unreliable parts. I just wish they would because it is nice to have a machine made in UK – daft in some ways, I know – but that will not happen in the current climate.

The Hotpoint UK factories can build so much better appliances. I just wish were allowed to.

Post# 156777 , Reply# 24   9/24/2006 at 16:24 (6,413 days old) by dascot (Scotland)        

I know what you mean Carl, it's similar to the way car manufacturing has gone in the UK. MG-Rover were hampered by out of date products and very poor management, while Honda, Toyota and Nissan are producing decent reliable products in their UK factories, and exporting them as well. I think Nissan certainly has one of the most productive factories in Europe at the plant at Washington.

I guess the point is that the product has nothing to do with it's country of origin and everything to do with the way the product has been designed, parts sourced and the management of the factory.

Dave


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