spikey Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Since the fashion took off round here for leaving defunct white goods outside your house in the hope that somebody will disappear them for you, I've been intrigued to note that many of those washing machines and so forth still have all the sticky labels on them. And by that I mean those big, brightly-coloured ones beseeching you to register your guarantee or whatever. What's up with people? How can anybody be doing with that? How on earth can you have an appliance in full view in your kitchen for long enough for it to bust, and you've never got round to taking those eyesores off it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Popular Post AY Mod Posted March 31, 2021 Moderators Popular Post Share Posted March 31, 2021 They should get the people who make the labels to make the washing machines, they'll last longer. 6 13 2 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 A good squirt of WD40 on the label will usually dissolve the adhesive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 In our area a couple have a small business picking up such stuff and recycling it. They prowl around picking things up, skip dipping etc. You should watch him and his wife, both built like brick sh*t houses pick up a washing machine ant toss it onto their truck !!! A worthwhile, free and environmentally friendly service. The council charges £86 though we are allowed one free collection per year. Brit15 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheatley Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 If they've got the repair phone line number on them then at least you know where the label with the number on is :-) The washing machine, cooker, fridge etc are machines to do a job, not part of the decor in my view. Function over aesthetics, including not spending an hour rummaging in a drawer for a phone number when it breaks down. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Washing machine is about 14 years old and it still has the register now sticker on it. There are more important things in life than to go around removing such things. Laptop also has original stickers in place. I did take the sticker off the TV as it obscured part of the picture. Whatever next. People cutting the plastic tags off of clothes? Bernard 4 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 31, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, APOLLO said: In our area a couple have a small business picking up such stuff and recycling it. They prowl around picking things up, skip dipping etc. You should watch him and his wife, both built like brick sh*t houses pick up a washing machine ant toss it onto their truck !!! A worthwhile, free and environmentally friendly service. Brit15 Are you sure they're not pikeys? They remove the valuable bits to get some cash and just dump the rest for someone else to dispose of. I've seen them cut the motor out of a fridge left outside (releasing the gas) and leave the carcass behind. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, melmerby said: Are you sure they're not pikeys? They remove the valuable bits to get some cash and just dump the rest for someone else to dispose of. I've seen them cut the motor out of a fridge left outside (releasing the gas) and leave the carcass behind. I think it's legit, phone number on pick up and I believe they have a scrapyard. Brit15 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted March 31, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2021 If legit they will have a waste licence number as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 23 minutes ago, Colin_McLeod said: If legit they will have a waste licence number as well. You ask her - be careful she's a big 'un !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brit15 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Jonboy Posted March 31, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2021 The bit that confuses me with the scrap merchants is I had around 500kg of steel shelving (awful stuff that had to be screwed to a wall etc) a couple of years back. Took a sample to three legal yards and was told it was valueless as scrap but if I delivered they would dispose of it for me. Booked a skip as less hassle than booking a hire van etc etc and the whole lot was stolen overnight by skip rats. If the legal boys won’t pay for it, how are they making money from it... back on topic just realised said stickers are still on our washing machine and tumble dryer...which surprised me as i normally enjoy removing stickers and plastic off new items... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted March 31, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, melmerby said: Are you sure they're not pikeys? Members of the travelling community with an Irish or other indicernable accent. They remove the valuable bits to get some cash and just dump the rest for someone else to dispose of. I've seen them cut the motor out of a fridge left outside (releasing the gas) and leave the carcass behind. Apparently P****s is now a racist term.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 18 minutes ago, chris p bacon said: Apparently P****s is now a racist term.... Pixies aint even real bro 1 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted April 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2021 12 hours ago, Wheatley said: If they've got the repair phone line number on them then at least you know where the label with the number on is :-) The washing machine, cooker, fridge etc are machines to do a job, not part of the decor in my view. Function over aesthetics, including not spending an hour rummaging in a drawer for a phone number when it breaks down. The label has a phone number there, so you can ring up to get the label recycled! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, chris p bacon said: Apparently P****s is now a racist term.... Really? Whatever next! I was wondering why it had vanished from my OP ... Edited April 1, 2021 by spikey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted April 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2021 39 minutes ago, spikey said: Really? Whatever next! I was wondering why it had vanished from my OP ... Your name for one! Mike. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted April 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) The local scrappy will take in a washing machine etc and you'll get £5 -10 for it, the same for lead acid batteries (priced by weight). I'm just waiting for the covid to go away as far as business is concerned and I'll have 2 tumble dryers 2 washing machines a cooker , and about 100Kg of batteries to put in.. That'll pay for a Loco.. maybe two. https://uk.emrlocal.com/TheSellingProcess Edited April 1, 2021 by TheQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted April 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2021 16 hours ago, Wheatley said: The washing machine, cooker, fridge etc are machines to do a job, not part of the decor in my view. Function over aesthetics, including not spending an hour rummaging in a drawer for a phone number when it breaks down. My personal view is that I always want to get the aesthetics fitting for anything that's part of my day to day life where possible. All part of the little ordinary details that I personally find make a huge difference to quality of life when you add them up, even if they seem insignificant individually. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 People who leave the protective film on remote controls, or front panels of dvd/set top boxes etc! Arrrrgh! My mate had a really nice lap top that was swathed in scuffed, bubbled and torn clear plastic - that stuff should be removed the day you get it out the box! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted April 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2021 16 minutes ago, Ray Von said: People who leave the protective film on remote controls, or front panels of dvd/set top boxes etc! Arrrrgh! My mate had a really nice lap top that was swathed in scuffed, bubbled and torn clear plastic - that stuff should be removed the day you get it out the box! I agree, but it probably means he still had a really nice laptop that was in as good as new condition under the plastic! 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted April 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2021 34 minutes ago, Ray Von said: People who leave the protective film on remote controls, or front panels of dvd/set top boxes etc! Arrrrgh! My mate had a really nice lap top that was swathed in scuffed, bubbled and torn clear plastic - that stuff should be removed the day you get it out the box! Rant mode on> In the same category are people who have microwaves, clocks, car clocks and basically anything that has the time which can only be adjusted manually. So they are out by either 1 hour fast/slow or else the time just restarts/restarts from whenever power is restored. So they can be a few or many hours/minutes slow and perhaps even days out, if it has been years since it was last accurately set. It drives me nuts to see clocks with entirely random times - if you have a working clock it should show the correct time. Particularly annoying are ones that someone didn't set it right, as in it shows 0200 for 1400 and so is 12 hours out, and so if fitted half the time it shows the wrong date. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhh! That reminds me, that this Sunday morning, it's time for the clocks to go back, for the end of Daylight Saving. Rant Mode staying on!!!!!!!!!!! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 27 minutes ago, kevinlms said: Rant mode on> In the same category are people who have microwaves, clocks, car clocks and basically anything that has the time which can only be adjusted manually. Why the hell does a microwave or a radio have to have clock? These things can usually often be set by an obscure ritual of holding in one button which is normally used for something and then pressing some other button repeatedly. Personally I can't be arsed. Life is too short to waste time setting the time on a clock that I don't refer to. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted April 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said: Why the hell does a microwave or a radio have to have clock? These things can usually often be set by an obscure ritual of holding in one button which is normally used for something and then pressing some other button repeatedly. Personally I can't be arsed. Life is too short to waste time setting the time on a clock that I don't refer to. But the thing is still on.... If you walk past and happen to notice that the time can't be right! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted April 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2021 7 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said: Why the hell does a microwave or a radio have to have clock? These things can usually often be set by an obscure ritual of holding in one button which is normally used for something and then pressing some other button repeatedly. Personally I can't be arsed. Life is too short to waste time setting the time on a clock that I don't refer to. Thankfully my cooker doesn't have a clock, and the microwave just displays : if the clock is not set, so it gets left at that. Are clocks on radios normal other than ones that are explicitly clock radios? (got one of those to wake me up in the morning). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I think some of these manufacturers decide to fit a chip the need to control the device, and realising that the chip also happens to support a clock, they then go and add one for no real reason. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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