You are spot on. I remember when Sears cut back on sales staff. They went from having a cash register and at least one salesperson in every department to having nothing but a checkout line by the door like Walmart. That's when I stopped shopping there.
Refrigerator shopping
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Serious question: is the bedroom TV made in Korea, Taiwan, or Japan, rather than China?
Speed Queen.
At this point, if I need an appliance, I will call secondhand stores and repair places, and get the oldest one there.
Except a washer. Bought a Speed Queen, it will outlast me.
Yes: like RR, it's a prestige name, meaning breathtaking cost, mediocre (at best) reliability, poor part availability, and jaw-dropping repair cost!
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Exactly. Just got an email ad hawking Meile appliances.$3100 for a dishwasher $7500 for a 30" gas range. I'd buy a top of the line Kitchen and dishwasher for $800 and a Viking or Wolf range for half that.
I'd buy a motorcycle.
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We’re looking for a new refrigerator. Would potentially buy Bosch but the 72” height of the model we like is risky-tight for our over the fridge cabinet.
They all seem like junk, and way, way more made in China, Thailand, Mexico than I recall when we last looked.
They all seem like junk, and way, way more made in China, Thailand, Mexico than I recall when we last looked.
Go by price, figure you'll have to replace it in 5-6 years.
To bad Speed Queen doesn't make refrigerators.
Edit.........Posted before I read thread, but you get the idea.
Edit.........Posted before I read thread, but you get the idea.
I bought a Frigidaire 20 cubic foot 5 years ago and it's worked flawlessly. It replaced that same model that was 13 years old and still running, but Lowes had crazy sales on Memorial day, and I decided to replace it.
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I dont know whats wrong with samsung fridges, got one in the kitchen thats 3 years old, still works great, besides the occasional refrigerant leaking out and compressor blowing up. It is very reliable, though I do all the work on it because there is no person that comes by.
I have a Whirlpool refrigerator purchased in early 2006 that's been faultless. (Knock on wood.) No ice maker, more or less 18 cu. ft. In that time, I have replaced 2 washers, two dryers, 2 microwaves, one dishwasher and 4 indirect water heaters.
Lol...That is a sad state of affairs when, "...besides the occasional refrigerant leaking out and compressor blowing up." is characterized as, "It is very reliable..."
Was told by appliance associates to avoid the Samsung. So far, our newer (2 yr.) LG French door, counter depth, ice-maker in the freezer drawer has been flawless. Around $1700. All the comments about Speed Queen washers....from what I've read the newer ones are not built anything like older models. I sure hope this state where in right now is only temporary. How things have changed!
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I like the idea of inverter compressors, but if your compressor keeps blowing up due to the damm chip thingy on it, might aswell buy a 30 year old fridge, restore it, clean it, and use that instead. It would be cheaper.
Many decades ago, when I could afford even less than I can today, I bought some very cheap used fridges. The first two were purchased at estate auctions. The word was that fridges were typically the last thing sold at rural estate sales and nobody wanted them. On the first one I had the only bid for $1. That one lasted about 5 years. The second one was $10, and it lasted 8-10 years. The third one was a used trade in at an old school appliance dealer and repair business. $100. and delivered to my home 30 miles away. I used that one, a massive stainless bottom freezer model for about 3 years until I purchased a new Frigidaire. I only got rid of the stainless job because it was a massive kilowatt suck.
I have heard that the really old fridges had much larger and more robust compressors. Not running anywhere as often as more recent models but drawing more amperage when they did. My parents had a 1951 model, a Hotpoint, I think, that they had bought new. It still worked perfectly as a basement fridge when they left at a home they sold in 2006.
I have heard that the really old fridges had much larger and more robust compressors. Not running anywhere as often as more recent models but drawing more amperage when they did. My parents had a 1951 model, a Hotpoint, I think, that they had bought new. It still worked perfectly as a basement fridge when they left at a home they sold in 2006.
We still have a Gibson refrigerator the wife bought before we met and we've been together 33 years and not one service call on it. Maytag gas stove around 30 years old as well as a Maytag dryer we bought shortly after the stove. The one odd ball we have is a half chest freezer we bought for $99 in 1993ish, I think it's a Danby, we bought it thinking it wouldn't last long and would buy something better when we had more money.
If you look at the labels, the energy usage of refrigerators have really gone down over the years since the 80's. At one point, you could replace a refrigerator from the 80's and the cost of the new one would pay you back in electricity savings in just a couple of years.
