Running hot, running cold

Sell it, Sell it now, sell it before it does it again.

 

Had you been living in Wales, under the Sale of Goods act, if anything goes wrong with it within 6 years of purchase, the shop is liable to repair or replace the item free of charge. In England, I think the timespan is 3 years. A warning to everyone. Do NOT take out added warrenty, you are legally covered by the Act.

 

Pardon?

 

Gremlins Armandii, Gremlins! :D

 

Remember to remove the Lamp and the Plug, for future use
Keep the cabinet for Container Gardening

You could use it as a cold frame

Jack McH

 

It's 6 years in England, N Ireland and Wales, in Scotland it's 5.

It doesn't guarantee you a replacement or refund/partial refund though. From 6 months - 6 years from the date of purchase it's up to the purchaser to show that the fault was present at the time of manufacture and it's not down to normal wear and tear. For a fridge/freezer that you say is 5-6 years old? if you challenged the retailer over it's breakdown they'd be within their rights to request an engineers report paid for by you. If that report showed usual wear and tear on components and you wanted a repair you'd be liable for the cost of repair. If the report showed a manufacturing fault then retailer would be liable and should refund you the cost of the engineer's report.

If it was a year old it wold be worthwhile speaking to the retailer, as it's potentially 6 years old and it's been fine for the vast majority of that time, probably not.