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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:17 PM Original message |
When did appliances get so shitty? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. All of our appliances are frigidaire, I think |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Durable goods are just not durable any more. |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Frididaire is good? |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I've only got the washer-dryer combo. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. We love our frididaire front loading stackable washer/dryer |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. That's the same set we have. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. you can pick up used dryers for ~ $50 - hell, I have 2 in the garage |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I do hang dry many of my clothes |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Probably wouldn't work in my climate |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. they still dry! Leave them out longer. |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Not when it doesn't get above freezing for months at a time. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. OK - I will certainly accept that is is absolutly miserable to hang wet laundry in the cold. |
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Pharlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
47. I don't know if you have the room, |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. They don't make 'em like they used to. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. Or laser printers, humidifiers (Hankscraft rocks, but $40 used on ebay?!), et al... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. Ah, it seems like only yesterday that I had this very rant. |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. They would rather sell you a new appliance every 4 years than every 30 years. |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. My advice: buy a basic Whirlpool dryer. |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. from what I am reading online |
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marybourg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
13. My Maytag dishwasher has had 3 new racks in 5 years; |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. We just had expensive repairs to a 2-yr. old Maytag dishwasher. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Maytag went from building dependable long lasting machines |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I didn't know that Maytag had gone out of business. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. They were bought by Whirlpool @2005 or so. I am fuzzy on the year |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Phew! I bought my washer and dryer around 2001 or so. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #32 |
41. you might be on the edge |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. When they stopped making them in the U.S. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. Some appliances are still made in the US, but I don't think Maytags are |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:54 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. You're right, if you look you can still find some, but a lot of people don't. |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. My dryer lasted well, till the kid tried to "help" with laundry. |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Oh, dear. |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. LOL! You were helping! |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 07:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
40. This was liquid Tide, btw. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. My washer and dryer are probably 15 years old |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. I switched over to Bosch after every maytag and whirlpool appliance I owned |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. When the started using plastic parts and making them outside the US. |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. Edison's light bulbs are still working |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
27. Since they've been made in China. n/t |
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FLyellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. My repairman says they are all made in Mexico now. n/t |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Ah so. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. pretty much everything American started to decline in 1963. |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
35. Not sure how you're measuring this... Things that are well made just |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
36. Planned obsolescence and imported crap |
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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
42. I used to be a GE Appliance Repairman |
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rolltideroll (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
43. Around the time everything got mediocre. nt |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
44. Nothing is built to last these days |
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Pharlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
45. I have a GE stove. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
46. Tg: My mom had a Harvest Gold Sears kenmore dryer for nearly 20 years. |
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