In the middle of cooking lunch, the oven packed up!! Do I sort out repair or replacement?
Well, the old one has been in for more than 11 years, and it would appear that the relevant spare parts are no longer available.
So, replacement it has to be - even though we intend to move house within the next 3 months. It's galling that we have to spend out, at this stage.
Ah! But, with a built-in kitchen, I'm informed that there is no guarantee that the nearest size one, won't necessarily have the screw holes in the right place.
Oh yes, and we're off on holiday tomorrow, so can't order the delivery date until we return.
Now if it had been okay for another six months, it probably wouldn't have been our problem.
I agree with you, @Allotment Boy I've got clothes older than the oven too, as well as so many other things. But they call this "progress". Apparently making things "better"!! The main beneficiary of this new oven will be our buyers - assuming the house sale is successful, and our purchase.
I managed for about 3 months with an air fryer, slow cooker and discovered a fan oven in my microwave. Surely you can manage with an air fryer for a couple of months.
But then you'd most likely have to tell prospective buyers that the oven was knackered, and they'd probably expect a price adjustment of whatever it costs to replace. Ours dates from the mid-00's, getting on for 20 years old, and in my mind it's still "the new oven".
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In the middle of cooking lunch, the oven packed up!! Do I sort out repair or replacement?
Well, the old one has been in for more than 11 years, and it would appear that the relevant spare parts are no longer available.
So, replacement it has to be - even though we intend to move house within the next 3 months. It's galling that we have to spend out, at this stage.
Ah! But, with a built-in kitchen, I'm informed that there is no guarantee that the nearest size one, won't necessarily have the screw holes in the right place.
Oh yes, and we're off on holiday tomorrow, so can't order the delivery date until we return.
Now if it had been okay for another six months, it probably wouldn't have been our problem.
Sigh!!🤐
It's all wrong they don't make anything to last these days.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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I've got clothes older than the oven too, as well as so many other things.
But they call this "progress". Apparently making things "better"!!
The main beneficiary of this new oven will be our buyers - assuming the house sale is successful, and our purchase.
@punkdoc now that really IS old, for an oven. 😳👍
can find it maybe a second-hand job which they will probably dump anyway.
We'll find a replacement. My wife is adamant we will!!