Peter Sarf
Established Member
Little tip, if you need standard size Ni-Mh batteries (AAA/AA/C/D/PP3) go to Lidl when they have their own brand Tronic batteries in, think I paid £3.99 yesterday for 4 2500mAh AA's, plus all the one's I have brought over the years appear to be of decent quality.
As for B&Q, it's a good idea to check their prices where possible against Toolstation or Screwfix, they always seem to be cheaper, plus if you go to Screwfix it's all the same stuff! (both Screwfix and B&Q are part of the Kingfisher group).
And as for Currys, they delivered us a washing machine with a CEE7/7 plug!, should have complained as that is illegal and even Thomann (who are German (the world's largest Musical Instrument retailer)) can supply the correct adaptor/cable but as I already had a spare plug couldn't be bothered.
To add to that. Only buy rechargeable AAA and AA batteries. There are adaptors available for C and D size batteries. A single AA fits in the adaptor. The reason I went this route myself was I hardly use C and D cells (only for camping) and I noticed that the C and D cells had the same capacity as most AA rechargeable batteries. The AA tend to be a lot cheaper than the Cs and Ds. If you hold a rechargeable C or D in your hand you will notice it weighs almost the same as a AA. Cut one open and its AA in a cardboard tube !.
I bought one about 12 months ago from Currys- its still going strong.
For the first 6 months I kept receiving extended warranty letters in the post.
It's a fridge, I expect it to last at the very least 5 years, if it went bang after 4 years I'd look up consumer law on durability.
It's a like 60,000 hours TV going bang after 10,000.
I buy a fridge I expect it to last, not to conk out on week 53.
I think I'll email the manufacturer and ask about it's life expectancy according to their their specifications.
Well. Don't buy a "Currys essentials" fridge - Dire reliability. My GF insisted on one and it failed. Was repaired promptly but on the third failure within 12 months I asked for my money back.
Many years ago I was told Currys made most of their money from extended warranties.
I bought a Matsui microwave in 1987 from Dixons. I remember the extended warranty was going to cost the same as the microwave cost so I did not bother. The microwave failed in 2018 - 30 years old !.