Quality of material

Post by **lindosfan1** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:41 am

I have to agree with Bigboy I had a DVD player that wwent wrong after 3 weeks and the completely replaced it no problem very helpful. However I have found the service in Homepro to be abysmal badly trained staff with no knowledge of their stock.

Post by **Cowtown Comedy** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:50 am

If anyone needs industrial quality power-tools they should go to a large market up in Issan

Do you know where in Issan?

I have found the joiners in HH to be very skilled and and produce beautiful woodwork. I do laugh at the mai bpen rai attitude. My Gf just laughs when something piles up..." kapoot"..she laughs and carries on with her day. I dont think the new washing machine (18, 000) will see Christmas...

My Mongoose mountain bike must be a copy...i have replaced the bottom bracket bearing 4 times in 8 months. The shop says, " you should not ride on dusty roads"...I say" but its mountain bike"...She says" yes, but please stay on paved road".

Anyone interested in buying a power drill that only works in reverse?

guess all you can do is laugh....

Post by **fft100** » Wed May 21, 2008 11:10 am

no problem with Tescos. allowed us to exchange ghetto blaster for a different model after i heard a low 'click' on the dvd at low volumes. very easy. very quick.

also tried out microphones on there equipment.

as for index and kettles.....

Post by **sandman67** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:54 pm

One brand to avoid is House Worth....its a Thai brand of white goods. So far 2 microwaves and 2 kettles in 1 year.

I do try to get Mrs S to buy better stuff but her Thai thriftyness kicks in......

If you are looking for good industrial quality tools then there is a furniture shop cum hope building place out on the canal road on the right as you head out to Cha Am way.....theres no sign unfortunately....a load of green storm netting outside to shade the carpark.

Go through to the back and its heavy duty powertool heaven, and a sod of a lot cheaper than HomePro and its shop assistant dummies....... how good the kit is I dont know, but my crappy cheap drill still works after 9 months....

Post by **STEVE G** » Wed May 21, 2008 5:37 pm

Cowtown Comedy wrote:
If anyone needs industrial quality power-tools they should go to a large market up in Issan
Do you know where in Issan?

I've seen these stalls at most markets in larger towns, but the nearest to me is at Nang Rong on a Sunday afternoon.

Spitfire · Post by **Spitfire** » Thu May 22, 2008 2:28 pm

There are many pitfalls as mentioned, so I'll throw in my 2 Bahts worth.

Built a shower room at the in-laws house for them and when we stay. Nice new Panasonic power shower, I don't like cold showers.

However, after connecting it up, found out the water pressure was not enough and the sudden cuts of water supply just ended up burning the filament out.

Then had to go and buy a water pump, new shower and a big 1000 litre plastic water storage tank, just so we could have a hot shower.

OK, maybe should have guessed this would happen, but sometimes it's a bit crazy when you have buy things twice before it works or second guess what the service planners and providers have been deciding is enough for that area.

Post by **miked** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:34 pm

i think with tesco lotus it must vary between stores, probably down to the manager. in samut songkhram the staff don't give a toss. only been to homepro once and they followed me around so i walked out. found makro to be o.k.
miked

Post by **crazy88** » Thu May 22, 2008 10:17 pm

lindosfan1 wrote

"However I have found the service in Homepro to be abysmal badly trained staff with no knowledge of their stock."

They actually had stock !!!

You went on a good day .

Crazy 88