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Post Icon Posted: May 23 2009,11:09 am Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
So for about a month we've been shopping for new washer and dryer. Thanks to Al Gore's internet all I've found out is pretty much everything out there is junk :banghead Even stuff Consumer Reports likes gets crap reviews on the review websites :break Doesn't matter if you spend $1500 or $300 its a crap shoot.  :say?  :pissed  :pissed

Do you really need 24 wash cycles, 6 different spin speeds, 4 different water levels, automatic this, and automatic that.  :finger

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I feel your pain...

I ended up buying a Frigidair front loader (which is who makes the Sears brand washers)... nothing foofy, just a couple wash cycles and that's about it... I think it was ~500 or so, they have them at Lowes and it'll wash king size bedding no problem.

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Just get one that washes. Almost like having a cell that you can make and recieve calls on.

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Post Icon Posted: May 23 2009,6:23 pm Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (Sleek-Jet @ May 23 2009,11:57 am)
I feel your pain...

I ended up buying a Frigidair front loader (which is who makes the Sears brand washers)... nothing foofy, just a couple wash cycles and that's about it... I think it was ~500 or so, they have them at Lowes and it'll wash king size bedding no problem.

We bought one of those almost exactly 3 years ago.  They came out and installed it.  I ran one load and it broke.  The door locked and wouldn't open, just error codes.  Took a month to get a new one.  Since I had ran a load, it was "used" and the place I bought it from wouldn't replace it . . . until I gave them such a headache and threatened to dump it in front of their store with a big sign on it (Pacific Sales).  Then, about a month ago, it stopped draining.  I don't know if the drain was clogged or the computer went bad, but I wasn't willing to pay a repairman 125 bucks just to come out and tear it apart and take a day off work.  So we threw it in the dumpster and bought a Maytag that was assembled in the US. I had paid 700 bucks for my 3 year old washer, so yes, I'm still pissed off about it.

I like the front loaders because they use less water and they are gentler on clothes.  When we move we'll get another set.

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See thats what I'm talking about :pissed

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If you get a front loader, make sure it had drains in the "boot" at the door.  Mine didn't, but most of the new ones do.  Also, don't go the cheap way out and not get the stacker things that go underneath.  I hated having to bend over or squat down in the morning and pull all of those wet clothes out.  You think it won't matter, but the older you get, the more it matters.
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Post Icon Posted: May 23 2009,11:06 pm Post # 7 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I totally agree.

I bought a washer and dryer at the Maytag used/scratch and dent sale like 10 years ago when we moved into "Playa Las Palmas."  $350.00 for the pair. Nothing electronic or digital, nothing fancy, they just keep on working......

Must have been from the age when the Maytag repairman was really lonely!

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Plain and simple, the only way to go!.. :good
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Saw a TV commercail last night saying May is Maytag month, rebates up to $700 bucks. :good

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Quote (Sleek-Jet @ May 23 2009,11:57 am)
I feel your pain...

I ended up buying a Frigidair front loader (which is who makes the Sears brand washers)... nothing foofy, just a couple wash cycles and that's about it... I think it was ~500 or so, they have them at Lowes and it'll wash king size bedding no problem.

We bought one of those almost exactly 3 years ago.  They came out and installed it.  I ran one load and it broke.  The door locked and wouldn't open, just error codes.  Took a month to get a new one.  Since I had ran a load, it was "used" and the place I bought it from wouldn't replace it . . . until I gave them such a headache and threatened to dump it in front of their store with a big sign on it (Pacific Sales).  Then, about a month ago, it stopped draining.  I don't know if the drain was clogged or the computer went bad, but I wasn't willing to pay a repairman 125 bucks just to come out and tear it apart and take a day off work.  So we threw it in the dumpster and bought a Maytag that was assembled in the US. I had paid 700 bucks for my 3 year old washer, so yes, I'm still pissed off about it.

I like the front loaders because they use less water and they are gentler on clothes.  When we move we'll get another set.

This is the second one I've had (the first was my brother's Kenmore model that's 9 year old, and he wanted it back when his g/f's washer crapped out)... absolutely no problems...  we paid 450 a year and a half ago...

I'll never own an agitator washer again.  Our clothes last years longer... literally.  I've got a 5 year old work polo that, while faded, doesn't have that thread bare look the clothes usually get after years of use/washes.

Edited by Sleek-Jet on May 24 2009,8:10 am

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Post Icon Posted: May 27 2009,12:14 am Post # 11 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Maytag Neptune front loader washer and dryer here.  Six years old and never a problem and it gets a lot of use.  Got hooked when I got divorced and lived with a buddy that had one.  Easy on the clothes, uses less soap, lasts forever.

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Bought mrsgig a new washer and dryer for her first weddin' adversary back in '78 and it still works fine! :good


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Bought a plain ole Frgidaire washer/dryer back in 94 and still works like the day we got it!.. :good
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Quote (WATERDOG @ May 23 2009,2:01 pm)
Just get one that washes. Almost like having a cell that you can make and recieve calls on.

There ya go.  :good

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Quote (GoFastRacer @ May 27 2009,5:43 am)
Bought a plain ole Frgidaire washer/dryer back in 94 and still works like the day we got it!.. :good

Uh Oh....you've gone and done it now  :eek .......New washer coming right up.  :laugh

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Bought a plain ole Frgidaire washer/dryer back in 94 and still works like the day we got it!.. :good

Uh Oh....you've gone and done it now  :eek .......New washer coming right up.  :laugh

Nah! He'll just rebuild the current one! He needs a new project to keep 'im out of trouble! :good  :peace

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Bought a plain ole Frgidaire washer/dryer back in 94 and still works like the day we got it!.. :good

Uh Oh....you've gone and done it now  :eek .......New washer coming right up.  :laugh

Nah! He'll just rebuild the current one! He needs a new project to keep 'im out of trouble! :good  :peace

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Bought a plain ole Frgidaire washer/dryer back in 94 and still works like the day we got it!.. :good

Uh Oh....you've gone and done it now  :eek .......New washer coming right up.  :laugh

Nahhh, only when we move, if it ever happens!.. :banghead  :pissed
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Bought a plain ole Frgidaire washer/dryer back in 94 and still works like the day we got it!.. :good

Uh Oh....you've gone and done it now  :eek .......New washer coming right up.  :laugh

Nah! He'll just rebuild the current one! He needs a new project to keep 'im out of trouble! :good  :peace

Yeah, I need another project alright :rolleyes  :laugh You still got that Barracuda!.. :laugh
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My washer is 36 years old now......And she does the wash every sunday rain or shine :rotflmao  :rotflmao  :rotflmao



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Bought a plain ole Frgidaire washer/dryer back in 94 and still works like the day we got it!.. :good

Uh Oh....you've gone and done it now  :eek .......New washer coming right up.  :laugh

Nah! He'll just rebuild the current one! He needs a new project to keep 'im out of trouble! :good  :peace

Yeah, I need another project alright :rolleyes  :laugh You still got that Barracuda!.. :laugh

Yep! Wanna come and get it? I'd bring it to ya but I'm no longer allowed to cross state lines.:p

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My washer is 36 years old now......And she does the wash every sunday rain or shine :rotflmao  :rotflmao  :rotflmao

My washer is quite a few older than yours. I'm always checking out the newer models. Seems like most use a lot of energy. :eek

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My washer is 36 years old now......And she does the wash every sunday rain or shine :rotflmao  :rotflmao  :rotflmao

My washer is quite a few older than yours. I'm always checking out the newer models. Seems like most use a lot of energy. :eek

Yep...That's why I got a Newer model.  My washer is around 10 years newer than me.  And if she ever breaks down.....

I better shutup now in case she wanders onto the forum.... :D  :D



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My washer is 36 years old now......And she does the wash every sunday rain or shine :rotflmao  :rotflmao  :rotflmao

My washer is quite a few older than yours. I'm always checking out the newer models. Seems like most use a lot of energy. :eek

You do know they're talkin' about an actual machine and not the little woman; right WD? Nevermnid.....:p

Edited by gigamurph on May 27 2009,8:28 am

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