So here's my Friday the 13th afternoon story:
In one of my annual idiot moves I buy a pressure washer on promo at Home Depot
last May long weekend, very low price like $55 or something.
Note to self: The big sign over the pallet: "This product cannot be returned to HD for warranty issues" means this is a "special purchase" put on to get saps like you in the door on a long weekend.
So I buy it,
then throw it still in the box in my shed until last October. Don't even ask, okay? I do dumb scat like that every year.
Of course when I do finally take it out, I don't read the instructions. Like where it says "DO NOT TURN ON POWER SWITCH UNTIL SOURCE WATER HOSE IS CONNECTED AND TAP IS TURNED ON." (Yes it WAS in BIG-ESSED CAPS, by the way.)
I plug it in, turn on the power and the unit makes the normal powerwasher noises as I walk over to turn on the tap. Just as I turn the tap it dies.
And that's it. Pressure washer roadkill.
I try doing some research and I note that it's the same size, unique blue colour and shape as PWs branded "Michelin" sold by a major chain up here. When I read the customer reviews/ratings on those, guess what? Repeated references to the units dying within minutes or even seconds of being powered up (and blowback from the stores when taken back for exchange).
Anyway, the kicker is that it turns out the warranty was basically 90 days, you send it back to the distributor (250 miles distant) and they send you a new one. What a joke, can you imagine how much the postage would be to ship back a PW unit???? So I'm completely SOL on that.
So before I put this at the curb, does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Much appreciated.