Getting rid of partially working washing machine

downhand · Post by **downhand** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:39 am

What's the best way of getting rid of a washing machine that sometimes works? Is there a service in Helsinki that would pick it up from my place and it wouldn't cost anything to me? Anyone here interested?

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mini-farang · Post by **mini-farang** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 12:28 pm

Put a free add on the popular marketsite http://www.tori.fi/ with the remark "giving away for free" and wait for you're e-mail/phone to blow up

There really are a lot of people that go crazy for free stuff.

masao · Post by **masao** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:05 pm

downhand wrote:What's the best way of getting rid of a washing machine that sometimes works? Is there a service in Helsinki that would pick it up from my place and it wouldn't cost anything to me? Anyone here interested?

Hi.
I do not know any place that comes to pick the machine away for free. Selling at Tori, Huuto etc. sounds a good idea providing that you
tell them that the machine works sometimes.
Is the fixing machine an option?
You may describe more about the fault and there may be someone who can give you some ideas what may be wrong.
I have had a problems with my washing machine because of the failing drain pump (the machine does not drain water) and it was fixed by citron acid cleaning.

t, masao

downhand · Post by **downhand** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 1:43 pm

masao wrote:
downhand wrote:What's the best way of getting rid of a washing machine that sometimes works? Is there a service in Helsinki that would pick it up from my place and it wouldn't cost anything to me? Anyone here interested?
Hi.
I do not know any place that comes to pick the machine away for free. Selling at Tori, Huuto etc. sounds a good idea providing that you
tell them that the machine works sometimes.
Is the fixing machine an option?
You may describe more about the fault and there may be someone who can give you some ideas what may be wrong.
I have had a problems with my washing machine because of the failing drain pump (the machine does not drain water) and it was fixed by citron acid cleaning.

t, masao

I thought about that too, it should be easily fixable I believe (in case you know what you're doing), it simply doesn't start rotating when you start the machine, you might need to try again 10 times, but I don't want to spend any money on finding out whether it will work again decently as it used to. Is there anything I can try? I checked out online, most people say 'call the service' which is pretty costly.

masao · Post by **masao** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:41 pm

Hi.
So, how do you make it work sometimes?
Does the power switch ok? (LED or such comes and stays on)?
The drum spins smoothly by hand?

t, masao

downhand · Post by **downhand** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 7:44 pm

masao wrote:Hi.
So, how do you make it work sometimes?
Does the power switch ok? (LED or such comes and stays on)?
The drum spins smoothly by hand?

t, masao

Yes, the LEDs go on, it takes in water, but in case it doesn't start rotating within a couple of minutes, it releases the water into the outflow pipe (I don't know the name of that) and the LEDs switch to the final phase (as if it finished the laundry) and start blinking. By hand it spins very smoothly. Any idea?

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 11:13 pm

If you get new one, you'll likely can get the shop to take the broken one with them. At least verkkokauppa.com and gigantti.fi offer such service. I would think that every brick and mortar shop too.

edit. for a price of course! 15,90 in case of those two.

masao · Post by **masao** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 12:09 am

tummansininen wrote:Probably just needs the selector replaced (which contains the computer). We had a candy machine where the selector knob did strange things but it was fixed under warranty. The problem is that if it's an old machine, it's not worth getting a tech to even look at it.

I suspect you'll have trouble getting rid of it. The recycle centres take electrical items if you can get it there yourself.

Yeah, I agree. It seems like an electrical failure in the control knob, either the program failure or in the older machines, mechanical contacts are not connecting?

t, masao

Querfeldein · Post by **Querfeldein** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:37 am

Upphew wrote:If you get new one, you'll likely can get the shop to take the broken one with them. At least verkkokauppa.com and gigantti.fi offer such service. I would think that every brick and mortar shop too.

edit. for a price of course! 15,90 in case of those two.

If Finland has implemented the WEEE directive, any shop that sells washing machines (and other electric goods in that category) should take your old one for free. They may charge for picking it up, of course.

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 3:53 pm

Querfeldein wrote:
Upphew wrote:If you get new one, you'll likely can get the shop to take the broken one with them. At least verkkokauppa.com and gigantti.fi offer such service. I would think that every brick and mortar shop too.

edit. for a price of course! 15,90 in case of those two.
If Finland has implemented the WEEE directive, any shop that sells washing machines (and other electric goods in that category) should take your old one for free. They may charge for picking it up, of course.

They should take care of recycling, not take the old one at the shop.
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Rip · Post by **Rip** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 10:08 pm

Querfeldein wrote: If Finland has implemented the WEEE directive, any shop that sells washing machines (and other electric goods in that category) should take your old one for free.

That is not the exact requirement of the directive. It would have been easy to answer the question, "where can I take my broken washing machine", but OP wanted somebody to come and pick it up for free.

downhand · Post by **downhand** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 10:32 am

Rip wrote:
Querfeldein wrote: If Finland has implemented the WEEE directive, any shop that sells washing machines (and other electric goods in that category) should take your old one for free.
That is not the exact requirement of the directive. It would have been easy to answer the question, "where can I take my broken washing machine", but OP wanted somebody to come and pick it up for free.

I'm alright with paying a little for it, that 15.90e looks very reasonable for example, in case I didn't need to buy a new machine for that. The cheapest on each mentioned website is 200 euro at the moment, plus the delivery.

Thanks for the other responses, if it's a failure of the type you mentioned, there's probably no hope for reviving it. It's an old machine anyway, I just need to find a way to get rid of it the cheapest possible way.

Any other ideas are very welcome.

masao · Post by **masao** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 3:26 pm

Hi.
If you can manage to get a car and transport the machine by yourself, then the recycle centre (Kierrätyskeskus) will be
happy to receive it for recycling.
t, masao

downhand · Post by **downhand** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:04 am

masao wrote:Hi.
If you can manage to get a car and transport the machine by yourself, then the recycle centre (Kierrätyskeskus) will be
happy to receive it for recycling.
t, masao

That's the main problem I'm trying to handle.

downhand · Post by **downhand** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 10:28 am

masao wrote:Hi.
If you can manage to get a car and transport the machine by yourself, then the recycle centre (Kierrätyskeskus) will be
happy to receive it for recycling.
t, masao

Actually, I learned that Gigantti also accepts it for free if you arrange the transportation yourself. Would anybody like to earn 15 euro to handle that for me?

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