Having appliances repaired - worth it or not?

We have just had our computer repaired, cost £50. Were told it was old ( 3 years?) but thTs technology. My mum had her belling cooker for over 50 years. She would be amazed to hear your belling is failing so badly after only 5 years.
How about going back to belling? I did last week when my expensive electric blanket broke down after 4 Years and they replaced it free. Worth a phone call maybe.

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MamaCaz, sounds terminal to me. Get a new (and different) one.

Now that IS service

Nothing to do with cookers, but we have recently had a problem with our electric shower (Triton). It was installed twenty years ago and we have only had one problem with a part during that time, which Triton replaced (call out charge of £60 something which included the part). Anyway, DH contacted them on the web, call out charge now £99 (I think), but with the proviso that if they didn't have the spare part the money would be refunded. Anyway, engineer came on Tuesday, two parts had given up the ghost (not surprising after 20 years), they could replace one but not the other. The engineer said we would receive a call the next day (we did), Triton proposed a new shower, with a competitive price which DH checked, and would install it for the cost of the original call out charge. The new shower fittings etc will be so that we do not need to replace tiles. Email that night to say shower would be delivered the following day - it was here by 9.00 am, and a convenient date has been arranged for the fitting. How is that for service?

So, yes, it is possible to get things repaired ... and sometimes you just have to give up.

The problem with older appliances is that it becomes difficult to get new parts. I have a New World Gas range cooker, now 15 years old. I love it but it is getting impossible to get parts and they cost a fortune.

DH is an engineer and quite often when the spares manufacturer says that they can no longer supply a particular part he manages to locate a similar part elsewhere, but it is getting expensive. Both ovens and one burner have had flame failure devices repaired and one oven needed a new thermostat. Most of the parts have cost £100 plus, then we have to get a qualified gas engineer in to install them. We have spent over £500 repairing a £900 cooker.

Initially I did this because I couldn't find a single cooker on the market that I liked as a replacement, but recently that has changed and we have decided that the next requirement for a £100 part will see the cooker replaced.

I suppose that I am fortunate knowing somebody who will repair washing machines and dishwashers for £30+ parts. When my electric oven broke down I bought a new one. The one previously installed had been fitted by the builders of the house and was not of good quality although it had lasted a good few years.

I am pleased to hear that Stansgran because I replaced all my appliances with Neff. I am particularly happy with my two ovens with slide away doors.

My Neff oven about 30 my hob about 25 years. I would uy them again.

Believe me, when I said 'replace' it, I didn't mean with another Belling - maybe I have just been unlucky, but once bitten, twice shy, so they have blown it as far as I am concerned!
Of course, they might see this and offer me a free replacement - oh, wait a minute, I think I've just seen a pig fly past the window.

It's a minefield out there, isn't it?
Insurance is tempting, but if I insured a new one for five years, what's the betting that it would go wrong after five years and a day!

I would not replace one that has had so much has go wrong after only 5 yrs. I would try a different make. Look up electric cooker reliability in "Which".

We have just paid £99 to have the bearings replaced on a 13 yr old Zannussi washing machine. That had been totally reliable before this event which has to be regarded as normal wear and tear.

My Belling twenty year old Belling is still going strong too .Despite being lent to DD2 whist we moved abroad and then being shipped out here. Only fault is that the small/large ring only works on small, but that is no hardship. The ceramic hob is still looking good too.
I wouldn't know where to start choosing a new one.

Hope you get some help MamaCaz

I am horrified with these stories about Belling - I had one of the first Belling cookers with a ceramic top - had it twenty years and it was still gong strong when we sold the house and left it there. Had to have the element on the big oven replaced twice - once by DS and once by DH. Never anything wrong with the hob. Where are they made now - I bet it is abroad somewhere.
Up till I read these posts I would have gone for another one without a doubt.
Poor you MamaC I wold not like to advise at all.

Unfortunately, this isn't a job that DH would dare attempt. Electricals are not one of his strong points.

MyBelling is is its 7th year, and has had a few break-downs. So far, Mr H has been able to do the necessary repairs, but when he can't, I'm going for a new one! Espares is great for the parts.

Think I'd replace it but get lots of reviews on what to replace it with. Got a feeling that my curent Belling was a replacement for another one and I wondered later why I'd bought the same make again. Trouble is, with appliances they all seem to go at the same time [like light bulbs].