AO washing machine delivery

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Great lads , bloke from canton with bluebird tattoo, not happy with McCarthy appointment

Moved up to pontypridd , owned a garage but had to close down due to covid

His sidekick was from pontyclun , used to work for Amazon , who he said were terrible to work for

AO are massive and have cleaned out the competition

Which is great for the consumer but crap for the workers and the former workers that used to make washing machines .

Everything is made in China

AO have a distribution centre in Bridgend , these lads who deliver washing machines etc are not employed by AO , they are self employed

And they are on 9 quid an hour 😳

They work long hours and often 6 day weeks

Amazon , AO , its all the same

They got a twenty each from me for their kids

What a bloody mess this world is in

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: AO washing machine delivery

Great lads , bloke from canton with bluebird tattoo, not happy with McCarthy appointment

Moved up to pontypridd , owned a garage but had to close down due to covid

His sidekick was from pontyclun , used to work for Amazon , who he said were terrible to work for

AO are massive and have cleaned out the competition

Which is great for the consumer but crap for the workers and the former workers that used to make washing machines .

Everything is made in China

AO have a distribution centre in Bridgend , these lads who deliver washing machines etc are not employed by AO , they are self employed

And they are on 9 quid an hour 😳

They work long hours and often 6 day weeks

Amazon , AO , its all the same

They got a twenty each from me for their kids

What a bloody mess this world is in

I heard that two washing machine delivery chaps were paid to tell their life stories to a weirdo who they had to deliver to.

Just teasing, old fruit 😊

[Stanmore Bluebird]

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Good on you for helping these men

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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I heard that two washing machine delivery chaps were paid to tell their life stories to a weirdo who they had to deliver to.

Just teasing, old fruit 😊

They were very fast , almost as if they couldn't wait to get out of here ?

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Good on you for helping these men

What alternative is there to buying from these horrible monsters like AO and Amazon ?

[Former Labour leader]

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What alternative is there to buying from these horrible monsters like AO and Amazon ?

Well done Sludge. This so called gig economy is a disgrace.
Daughter needed new washing machine urgently recently. On my suggestion went local and had same day delivery with machine they wanted at a good price.
It is worth trying local first.

[The Bloop]

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What alternative is there to buying from these horrible monsters like AO and Amazon ?

Bought my last dishwasher from Budds in Birchgrove, Cardiff. They installed it aswell.

There are alternatives out there, but not many these days unfortunately.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Bought my last dishwasher from Budds in Birchgrove, Cardiff. They installed it aswell.

There are alternatives out there, but not many these days unfortunately.

Thanks for that , I will call them when my fridge needs replacing

Only so many body parts you can store away

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Well done Sludge. This so called gig economy is a disgrace.
Daughter needed new washing machine urgently recently. On my suggestion went local and had same day delivery with machine they wanted at a good price.
It is worth trying local first.

just read post , will do so next time

Its a viscious circle though isn't it

I used to get my fishing stuff locally but they don't have the stock places like Glasgow Angling Centre do , who are the amazon of the fishing tackle world

[tforturton]

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If you want local, I would recommend Budd Electrical.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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If you want local, I would recommend Budd Electrical.

Got it book marked mate

Nice one

[Armitage Shanks]

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I always go to Richer sounds in canton.
Recently bought a TV and a sonos sound bar.

As they say shop independent

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Someone said to me the other day go to appliances direct !

Who are basically a clone of ao

[blue matt]

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while buying local is great, they have to at least come close in price, i mentioned the old boy i got a washing machine for before christmas in the other thread

he got a local firm out, cost £ 45 callout to start ( they were local in our town and called in whilst driving past )

they said it could be repaired but would be better to get a new one, gave him a price of a cheapo washing machine of £ 260 ( so 80 more than AO )

now here is the kicker, they would charge £ 45 to fit the new machine ( its a 1/2 hour job, but £ 45 isnt out of this world i guess )
then £ 90 to remove and recycle the old washing machine

So we have £ 45 call out to start
260 for the machine, 45 to fit, 90 to remove the old one
£ 440 , job done


AO did it for 35 for removing and fitting new, 20 to recycle the old one, 180 for the machine

£235 for a very similar basic washing machine

£205 extra for the " supporting your local business's " they at least need to start to come close

[life on mars]

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The problem today is that folk are lazy and don't want to source alternatives, so they fall into the well merchandised suppliers like Amazon or AO but let's not fool ourselves they are just grown up versions of Freeman's and Littlewords catalogues , so no real change in customer habits.

Yes we could get rid of these global players but it would take a big effort from everyone.

The gig economy has around 5 million employee's and growing , it does suite some folk lives .