Need a new part?
Yes, yes, I need quite a few new parts … but I am talking more about new bits for your electrical appliances. I want to tell you about this because it was such an IMPRESSIVE service. Jeez, NEED A PART? Yes, please. I’d obviously sucked up too many spiders in my smug looking little red thing on wheels — commonly known as a vacuum cleaner and such is my fear of emptying the dust bag, because it will be full of spiders and other such unmentionables, things were combusting in the internal organs of said machine. One day it made a high-pitched squeal, then stopped. It faux died (ever the drama Queen). Unplug, replug. Nope. Apologise. Nope. Leave it for 24 hours then talk sweetly to it. Nope. Bugger. I’d have to change the bag. I knew what lived in there. There’d be accusing insect eyeballs staring out at me.
Well, it was time. So out we went, the vacuum and me, to the deck, and I did the job. New bag in, all done and dusted, switched it on, and it went. Took off, hungry for dust, willing to suck up anything close to it. Great! Socks, curtains, trouser-legs, not so great. We had a couple of happy weeks, the little red smuglet and me, which brings me to the point of this rave. The piping thing, the tube or hose or whatever it is called, well the gaffer tape that I had used to hold its splitting sides together was no longer fit for purpose. The hose thingy was holding on by one slim coil. Buy a new vacuum? I didn’t want to. I turned the red smuglet over and lo and behold it had its model number and all the deets anyone could ever want (that’s what I mean by smug; why didn’t it let me know it had a number to call!). I phoned the company, in Australia. They were so polite, so helpful. And they were Australian. I mean, seriously, it was only 7.00 am Sydney time. You would never get through to anyone in NZ at that time, let alone to a friendly voice. ‘Oh’, the helpful woman goes, ‘you need a new puffungleefffertszqw’. Great. ‘You need to ring NEED A PART in Auckland and they will help you out. Here’s the number…’ Gee, thanks. I did ring (Need A Part). They did help me out. Talk about efficient. It was stunningly simply, amazing, with all wonderful people who were willing to help, and who did help. I retired red smuglet for three weeks until the new springy sausage thing arrived, then I attached it (without having to call my neighbour) and now we are back in action, fighting the good fight, sucking up anything fluffy, furry or otherwise suspicious in our way. Thanks, Need A Part. Well, I don’t recommend too many companies, but those I do have given me sterling service and solved a problem. This is the company blurb, and not a truer word was ever put in advertising.
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And it was good to know that the vacuum cleaner knew how to look after itself. The engine had got too hot because someone didn’t empty the bag and it was full to bursting so the motor cut out to protect itself from overheating.
