{"id":44802,"date":"2017-02-20T14:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T07:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/domestic-general-caught-me-in-a-spin-cycle-over-warranty\/"},"modified":"2017-02-20T14:18:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T07:18:26","slug":"domestic-general-caught-me-in-a-spin-cycle-over-warranty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/domestic-general-caught-me-in-a-spin-cycle-over-warranty\/","title":{"rendered":"Domestic &amp; General caught me in a spin cycle over warranty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nIt took five visits for it to agree to send out a new washing machine \u2013 if I paid a delivery chargeI am at the end of my tether. I have a washing machine warranty with Domestic &amp; General. My machine broke down, but only after five engineer visits did it decide to replace it. I am a single dad with two young daughters who has had to take off four half-days to accommodate the engineer visits \u2013 and countless hours on hold to D&amp;G. The final straw came when it slapped me with a charge for delivery and the cost of finishing the plan \u2013 and said it would take a few more weeks to actually deliver a working washer.  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2017\/feb\/20\/domestic-general-washing-machine-warranty-delivery-charge\" target=\"_blank\">Domestic &amp; General caught me in a spin cycle over warranty<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; It took five visits for it to agree to send out a new washing machine&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-bEC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6214,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hung-out-to-dry-by-domestic-generals-washing-machine-warranty\/","url_meta":{"origin":44802,"position":0},"title":"Hung out to dry by Domestic &amp; General\u2019s washing machine warranty","date":"February 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I\u2019ve been waiting more than a month for D&G to honour its repair warranty, and it\u2019s costing me loads at the launderetteI am a desperate mother of three, the youngest being 10 weeks old, who has been waiting more than a month for Domestic & General to honour its\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":52630,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-all-shook-up-by-my-miele-washing-machines-vibrations\/","url_meta":{"origin":44802,"position":1},"title":"I\u2019m all shook up by my Miele washing machine\u2019s vibrations","date":"April 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The 1600rpm spin cycle shakes the whole house but the company refuses to find a solutionI bought a high-end M\u00edele washing machine last August with a 1600rpm spin cycle through AO.com, which cost \u00a3920. 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