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| Post# 541085 9/1/2011 at 16:44 (4,482 days old) by Pedro (London) | ||
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Hey guys, not sure if this has already been posted but thought you'd find it interesting.... CLICK HERE TO GO TO Pedro's LINK | ||
| Post# 541090 , Reply# 1 9/1/2011 at 17:43 (4,482 days old) by aegokocarat (United Kingdom) | ||
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Thankfuly the little lad is safe :) Tom | ||
| Post# 541129 , Reply# 2 9/1/2011 at 22:32 (4,481 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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| Post# 541133 , Reply# 3 9/1/2011 at 22:45 (4,481 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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Post# 541145 , Reply# 4 9/2/2011 at 00:17 (4,481 days old) by tolivac  (greenville nc) |
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The look on the childs face---"MOM I didn't do it!" | ||
| Post# 541152 , Reply# 5 9/2/2011 at 02:02 (4,481 days old) by aegokocarat (United Kingdom) | ||
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candy have sorted out the issue with the drums | ||
| Post# 541153 , Reply# 6 9/2/2011 at 02:04 (4,481 days old) by aquarius8000 () | ||
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Now that was a lucky escape! | ||
| Post# 541200 , Reply# 7 9/2/2011 at 10:53 (4,481 days old) by HooverKeymatic (England) | ||
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Replaced with... They gave her a washing machine from the same company as compensation! That's a laugh because haven't Hoover washing machines exploded in the past too? | ||
| Post# 541208 , Reply# 8 9/2/2011 at 11:15 (4,481 days old) by aquarius8000 () | ||
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@hooverkeymatic Why do you think that candys do and hoovers dopnt as they are together? | ||
| Post# 541247 , Reply# 10 9/2/2011 at 15:23 (4,481 days old) by aeg03 (London, UK) | ||
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I agree with you totally FL1012. | ||
| Post# 541248 , Reply# 11 9/2/2011 at 15:26 (4,481 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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| Post# 541256 , Reply# 14 9/2/2011 at 16:41 (4,481 days old) by optima (Cumbria England) | ||
Well I would say that Beko have far greater problems than the very few Hoover-Candy exploding drums. I bet Beko sales of fridge freezers & other Beko white goods have really suffered & how long did it take them to get there act together about the safety recall on thousands of over-heating fridge freezer defrost timers.
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| Post# 541262 , Reply# 16 9/2/2011 at 16:58 (4,481 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
Actually, the Beko fridge freezer issue was with CURRENT models and a complete product recall was issued.
It's highly amusing to see Candy owners trying to defend them by slagging off other brands. At the end of the day, there is no excuse for this happening even once, let alone the various incidents that we know of. There really is no defence for Candy here. | ||
| Post# 541263 , Reply# 17 9/2/2011 at 16:59 (4,481 days old) by optima (Cumbria England) | ||
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| Post# 541268 , Reply# 20 9/2/2011 at 17:29 (4,481 days old) by HooverKeymatic (England) | ||
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aquarius8000 - I was saying that they both have a possibility of exploding as they are probably made the same. | ||
| Post# 541279 , Reply# 22 9/2/2011 at 18:42 (4,481 days old) by aeg03 (London, UK) | ||
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nrones I think its great that you got to visit the Candy factory. Did U get to look at the whole firm? Is the Head Office there too? | ||
| Post# 541320 , Reply# 23 9/2/2011 at 23:21 (4,480 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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Sorry, that assembly should NEVER have failed, much less as many times as it did. It should have been overdesigned by 150% like any assembly whose failure causes a hazard because of the amount of energy it contains. That's just good engineering practice. Which is getting harder and harder to find.
What's perhaps more surprising is that the Crown hasn't come down on them. Euro generally having more stringent consumer regulations than US. Or why anyone would buy a potential bomb once the potential is exposed. I should rather think that by their shoddy engineering and lackadaisical response to the issue, Candy/Hoover/Electrolux/Hotpoint or however that web of chicanery assembles itself, would be blacklisted completely off the continent. Yes I know that's harsh but I'm an engineer and I don't well tolerate shoddiness, especially when it threatens people and property. | ||
| Post# 541445 , Reply# 26 9/3/2011 at 15:41 (4,480 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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Nrones, I don't understand how it is possible to program a machine for a speed it isn't built for. And 150% of 1200 is 1800, the machine isn't capable of that even if it didn't explode trying.
Catastrophic appliance failure is unheard of in the US. Catastrophic as in destroys itself, threatens life and limb, burns the house down. We make lots of rubbish products that break down every full moon but they don't attack us. | ||
| Post# 542245 , Reply# 29 9/7/2011 at 13:37 (4,476 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again....
I love how people are legitimising Candy's lack of action and defending back manufacturing by just bitching about other brands. If somebody says "Candy machines exploding is not acceptable" you can't argue back with "well Beko fridges set fire so neeeerrr". That's not really a valid argument, is it? | ||
| Post# 542262 , Reply# 31 9/7/2011 at 15:30 (4,476 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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| Post# 542266 , Reply# 33 9/7/2011 at 15:51 (4,476 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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^Oooh right, I'm with you now! Sorry about the misunderstanding. I must have missed a post or 2 by mistake, I thought you'd simply argued that "this happened to Candy, but this happened to Beko, so it's ok". I understand what you meant now. And I agree, both Beko AND Candy should have done something...should be DOING something. But as always, it's all about the money. Sad times :(
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