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Merloni Job Cuts....... |
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Post# 159366   10/8/2006 at 04:45 (6,381 days old) by chrisbsuk (Bristol, uk)   |   | |
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Found this news article earlier today.... it would appear Indesit are responding to the market conditions (being no one is buying their goods!) Reading the previous threads it is a real shame that Hotpoint have been sucked up by this organisation, and i guess it is further proof of the death of well built British machines.... Maybe Hoover/Candy are next.....?? CLICK HERE TO GO TO chrisbsuk's LINK |
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Post# 159388 , Reply# 2   10/8/2006 at 09:45 (6,381 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Up to 45 jobs at one factory doesn't seem a lot, but I don't know how far the production process is automized. I guess you could calculate that this is 12.5% of the production. But ofcourse the Indesit company has more factories than this one so it's a small percentage of their whole production I think. Not all Miele appliances are made in Germany. The toploaders, the little Giants, the built-in washers and dryers and the washer/dryer combo's are all made in the Czech Republic. I guess Miele has to cut costs too. But what's important is that they maintain the same quality. That's where Indesit went wrong, they economized a lot on quality control and now pay the price. It's indeed true, a lot of consumers don't care about quality anymore, they just want the cheapest. As a matter of fact last week I was talking to a woman in a store who said that she never wanted to buy something else than the cheapest. All she wanted was a long warrantee and scrap the machine when it broke down after the warrantee ended. |
Post# 159420 , Reply# 3   10/8/2006 at 16:08 (6,381 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Where the United States manufacturing suffers labour costs, so do Western European plants, though for different reasons. Thus everyone is seeking to move where they can find cheap labour/fixed costs. What is going to be interestings is as the EU keeps enlarging to include more Eastern European countries,it is going to be more and more difficult to find those "cheap" places. Russia and several other former Soviet Union countires come to mind, but the corruption and mob rule mentality does not bode well for investment. L. |
Post# 159453 , Reply# 4   10/9/2006 at 02:58 (6,381 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)   |   | |
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Im not being spiteful to those who own Merloni Hotpoints or Variants or the workers who would be out of a job, but I hope this company sinks for good. And I dont care anymore if the brand "Hotpoint" is never seen on a machine again. Call me bitter but one day I dreamed of owning a Hotpoint that I had bought new with my own money, chosen myself, it was all I ever wanted and even though my mum had one of the last real ones (WM62P) it was not a true one. Sure the Fast spin sounded the same but it didnt growl on wash like a real one should. This company have trashed the good name with - no tell you what, im not repeating myself about the faults on the machines youve herad it all before. Rot In Hell Merloni It wasnt enough you rip customers off with cheap S***ty machines, no you had to spoil the Christmas of some of the poor staff you have too. A very Disgruntled Nick. |
Post# 159454 , Reply# 5   10/9/2006 at 02:59 (6,381 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)   |   | |
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Post# 159455 , Reply# 6   10/9/2006 at 03:01 (6,381 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)   |   | |
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Post# 159496 , Reply# 8   10/9/2006 at 12:51 (6,380 days old) by chrisbsuk (Bristol, uk)   |   | |
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Post# 159586 , Reply# 9   10/10/2006 at 02:48 (6,380 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)   |   | |
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Chris Im sorry I didnt post my message right, "Years ago" was meant to be in italics and sounding polite. Im proud to be a brit and acknoledge what previous generations have achieved in terms of reliability and quality. to see this thrown down the drain in a matter of months angers me. Im sure you can understand that the ~UK makes nothing these days like we used to due to Merloni/Candy etc taking the reigns. and for example to find ex Rolls Royce employees working in Tesco (we have a fair few redundants)with the skills they have its very sad. Although im not making excuses I do get passionate about anything British and to see to Brits lose jobs because a manufacterer is gutless to stand up to the public and produce a half decent machine and charge the right price is sad. Things like this put peoples priorities into order then and society is a better place IMHO. I believe if you cant afford something decent, you wait until you do. ok so I dont have children but I would not buy an Indesit/Servis etc if money was tight, id go without and make personal sacrifices to be able to buy that Miele or whatever. (this post is not meant to sound aggressive Chris.) All the best Nick |
Post# 159616 , Reply# 14   10/10/2006 at 09:22 (6,379 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)   |   | |
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Hopefully when the WEEE directive comes in next year manufacturers may once again build machines to last more than 2-3 years as they will be partly responsible for recycling costs etc. If there were no sub £300 machines about everyone would still buy them- fair enough some people would have to save up or have the machine on credit but overall im sure they would still buy them, As Nick said I would love to be able to buy a British built machine but sadly as I also believe in quality I no longer have that option :( Seamus |
Post# 159617 , Reply# 15   10/10/2006 at 09:27 (6,379 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK)   |   | |
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BTW that article really adds salt to the wound having a picture of a 1990s Creda! |
Post# 160245 , Reply# 18   10/13/2006 at 19:00 (6,376 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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