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Re: Rip-Off Britain. Anyone tried to buy a fridge thermostat recently ?

 
 
charles
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      06-21-2012, 01:29 PM
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Andrew <andrew97d-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On 21/06/2012 13:19, Jules Richardson wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:50:47 +0100, Andrew wrote:
> >> There are no electronics in
> >> this fridge, just 'good' old-fashioned electro mechanical controls.

> >
> > But they still weren't capable of making it last more than four years
> > without breaking?
> >


> Indeed. I bought this model because it was A+ and had no fancy
> electronics. I was hoping that the energy saving would pay for it after
> about 10 years. If I had to rely on someone coming to the house and
> charging mega-bucks to fit a 20 euro part, then it becomes very
> uneconomical, I might as well have kept the old clunker.


> The point is that typing K59/L2622 gives loads of German sites, but sod
> all in Britain.


> To be fair, the fridge may be German but the tstat is made in Italy. You
> can always tell because it says 'made in EU' on the thermostat body,
> whereas if it was German it would say 'Made in Germany'.


I've seen "Newcastle Brown" on a supermarket shelf labelled "Brewed in the
EU".

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