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Pulled a ~ 600 € DeLonghi coffee maker out of the dumpster and invested about 50 € in spare parts (water tank, grounds container, and a new magnet valve). Seems like I have a new coffee machine now (storage.googleapis.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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(It would have gone even faster and without a puddle on the kitchen counter if I had put in the gaskets from the start. 🤦 Ah well.)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

@agent_flounder Yes, big kudos to DeLonghi as well. They could just have glued everything together into one big epoxy block, but no, they chose to make it actually repairable (and even let you buy replacement parts). 👌

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Big W for DeLonghi there for sure. New respect unlocked :) it looks like it is well designed and laid out too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I think they make too much money repairing complex coffee machines to make it difficult

Also unlike phones they don't need to make them small as possible and able to survive being carried all day, so don't have those reasons for making things tight and sealed