frexpt Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Our 6 year old Siemens washer / drier seems to have a wonky bearing. Does anyone know of an appliance engineer, preferable Deux Sevres?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 You need a washing machine technician or mechanic, NOT an Engineer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frexpt Posted August 19, 2017 Author Share Posted August 19, 2017 That's very helpful..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereford Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Look for a small local shop that sells washing machines. Our local shop also repairs. Nowhere near you though! Ask the shop anyway.Or use Pages Jaunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 [quote user="powerdesal"]You need a washing machine technician or mechanic, NOT an Engineer.[/quote]A sentiment I share, the word Engineer is grossly over used. Time was only members of the institute could be called engineer but those times have passed. Of course it doesn't make it any easier to find a competent person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 When I was given my indentures at the end of my apprenticeship along with others in a small ceremony i was asked if I had anything to say, I had my speech prepared which in hindsight ended any prospects that I had with the company. "4 years ao when I started my apprenticeship at 16 I could not even spell or say Engineer and now I is one!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 I always fout that jemgineers was mekaniks wat culd do sums! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frexpt Posted August 19, 2017 Author Share Posted August 19, 2017 All I want is someone to repair my machine. I couldn't give a flying f*** what he calls himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 [quote user="frexpt"]All I want is someone to repair my machine. I couldn't give a flying f*** what he calls himself.[/quote]And therein lies the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 We are all a little eccentric on the forum, has no bearing on your problem though. The pivotal question is have you made contact with anyone or are you still in a spin over this? [Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Hereford gave the sensible answer, or perhaps the local yellow pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frexpt Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 It's an advantage to have a recommendation. In all the years we have been in France, I have lost count of the number of "rip-off merchant" tradesmen (Brits & French) who have tried it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 I take your point.I do wonder nowadays that perhaps people I thought were rip-off merchants in the past were just quoting or doing things by the book and including all the taxes etc required in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frexpt Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 If there weren't such excessive taxes NI / pension contributions in the first place, perhaps there wouldn't be such a thriving black economy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 [quote user="frexpt"]If there weren't such excessive taxes NI / pension contributions in the first place, perhaps there wouldn't be such a thriving black economy?[/quote]Ta da! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Agreed, in fact the only chance someone would have of getting a machine repaired is to find someone honest working in the black economy, new machines are so cheap in France, the cost of spare parts and labour so expensive thanks to said taxes and charges plus greed that I would be very surprised to hear of anyone on this forum that has had a machine repaired in France for an economic price. Most of the enseignes that offer a repair service are just scams to force you to buy a new and overpriced machine from them, they will tell you yours is irreperable or an uneconomic repair even if its just a blocked filter citing another component failure, then they present you with a big bill for the diagnosis which is reduced or cancelled if you buy a new machine from them. Even the one small honest domestic Appliance repairer in the UK that everybody went to including myself (for parts) closed over a decade ago due to the falling price of new appliances and the high street rent and rates exploding, 10 years before then the last TV repairer shut up shop, and this was in a country where business taxes and NIC are very low compared to France, when the cost of new white goods was still sillly money in France it was possible for a sensible priced repairer to make a living, the internet and box shifters like Darty, Amazon, Rue de Commerce, Cdiscount etc have put an end to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Does this help ?https://www.leboncoin.fr/prestations_de_services/865889850.htm?ca=20_s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Cost of repair vs new machine with 2 year guarantee, no contest.Chancer has named some of the best known on-line people to buy new white goods from.A year or so ago, I bought a brand new all-singing all-dancing washing machine for under 300 euros, no charge for delivery PLUS they took the old one away for no cost.New machine is a bigger capacity than the old one, is energy saving (A+ or A++, can't remember) and plays a couple of bars of Shubert's trout when the programme is finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jako Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 A 6 year old Siemens is not even half way it's lifecycle.You can simply order a Siemens technician online here:http://www.siemens-home.bsh-group.com/fr/nos-services/reserver-une-intervention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lehaut Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 You could try to get it out yourself if its just a wonky bearing. We have two shops in our vicinity that sell parts for tractors/cars. Rather than knowing the part number etc, you just take the old bearing, drive belt etc in and they match it up to an equivalent from stock. Ours is called SODIAMA. (Or find an Artificer if a Mechanic is not available, he said stirring the pot) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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