As I’m off on leave for a while I thought I’d toss this into the water and see how many ripples there are when I get back!

I have just got to have a moan about this as my most recent example of so called ‘Healthcare’ companies ripping off the NHS. I required one front panel button for a GE/Datex-Ohmeda Light Monitor for the ‘reset all’ function on the monitor. I Ring up GE for a replacement only to find that you have to buy a complete set of 9 buttons at a cost of £118. So to get what I need they rip us off for over £100 on parts we don’t even want. Yet another example of he worst kind of ‘customer support’ ever in my book! What is even more galling is that when the set arrived all the buttons were in individual packs with separate part numbers on them. Why is this if only complete sets are available?

What’s the worst spare parts or service rip off you’ve ever experienced? rolleyes


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