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Chinese GE dishwashers! what? |
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Post# 366013   7/21/2009 at 18:37 (5,363 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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Best Buy is now selling chinese made stainless interior GE dishwashers. Take a look at the link, look at the "more photos" section for interior shots. I can't believe they're selling out on appliance park....unless BB squeezed the margins out of them..... CLICK HERE TO GO TO johnb300m's LINK |
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Post# 366023 , Reply# 1   7/21/2009 at 19:25 (5,363 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 366027 , Reply# 2   7/21/2009 at 19:50 (5,363 days old) by supremewhirlpol ()   |   | |
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Maybe I'm missing something here, but how do you know that it is made in China? |
Post# 366056 , Reply# 3   7/21/2009 at 21:43 (5,363 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 366071 , Reply# 5   7/21/2009 at 22:21 (5,363 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 366192 , Reply# 6   7/22/2009 at 10:35 (5,363 days old) by iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas)   |   | |
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My office has one of these China made machines. I posted before about it. In it's defense it does a good job with what we want from it; Coffee cups, snack plates silverware. It is on the small side, only holds four cofee cups by four coffee cups. I can get six by five in my TT Maytag. This machine is extremely quiet, usually the only way you can tell it's running is the lights on the front and steam coming from the vent. It just bugs me to read "General Electric Appliance Park" "Made in China" |
Post# 366194 , Reply# 7   7/22/2009 at 10:42 (5,363 days old) by iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas)   |   | |
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Post# 366292 , Reply# 13   7/22/2009 at 16:22 (5,362 days old) by toploader1984 ()   |   | |
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if speed queen makes washers and dryers in mexico or china, i am going to jump off a bridge!!!! |
Post# 366312 , Reply# 14   7/22/2009 at 18:24 (5,362 days old) by mayguy (Minnesota)   |   | |
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I"m not sure what the ideal behind this DW, We have it on the floor at HD, and it is very short, and not as deep. Manual clean filter in this machine. I never did look at the tag to see where it is made in. |
Post# 366315 , Reply# 15   7/22/2009 at 18:47 (5,362 days old) by douglasdc6 ()   |   | |
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Customer Ratings tell the story . |
Post# 366331 , Reply# 18   7/22/2009 at 20:07 (5,362 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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interesting, I did not notice that. and upon further looking, I did not find these "smaller" dishwashers on GE's site. They might be hidden in a special section. It does seem all their mainstream dishwashers are still KY made.....albeit with chinese electronics (but you can't get around that...). Since the ADA market is so small, they may have just contracted out to the lowest bidder to just "fill the mandate." I'd understand that then. But what I DON'T understand is why my local Best Buy (in Aurora, IL, the state's 2nd largest city) would have only 4 GE dishwashers, 2 being ADA......makes no sense. |
Post# 366333 , Reply# 19   7/22/2009 at 20:11 (5,362 days old) by coldspot66 (Plymouth, Mass)   |   | |
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There is an ADA model under the Frigidaire label as well...prolly by the same manufacturer. |
Post# 366384 , Reply# 21   7/23/2009 at 05:36 (5,362 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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...but consumers won't in a market the size of the US. Time and again we see (everywhere, not just the US) a change in quality of manufacture or a change in country of origin but we very very rarely see a reduction in the price... ...actually, that's not quite true. The amount of 'real' money needed to buy an appliance has reduced steadily since the 1960's and our demands havn't. Gone are the days when most consumers shopped on quality AND performance. Most today seem to be interested in the lowest price AND the most features. Those four items: low price, high quality, great performance AND lots of features just don't go together.... So get used to either - Buying vintage while you can - Spend more to get the quality/country of origin you need - or do without features to get the country of origin for a lower price. OR, bite the bullet and buy foreign. Australians have no choice with dishwashers and washers now...they are all made overseas....so what many of us do is now look at the brands that were luxury items as little as 5-10yrs ago. For example. Bosch were at the more affordable end of luxury washers...now the low end models are made in Thailand (In a bosch factory), we can afford them... So do we buy a Bosch or do we buy an Electrolux (also from Thailand) or a Whirlpool front loader (China) or LG/Samsung (Korea)....The list goes on.... Consumers can't have everything...they need to choose what are their priorities.... Oh, and it ISN'T GOING TO GO AWAY |
Post# 366386 , Reply# 22   7/23/2009 at 06:06 (5,362 days old) by twinniefan (Sydney Australia)   |   | |
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You are right Ronhic,it is as simple as this most of today's consumers want, (and think they can get),Rolls Royce quality and durability but are only prepared to pay Hyundai type prices for the goods,well I am afraid square blocks do not fit into round holes no matter how much you try to push them in. Late last year I decided to replace our 22 year old Westinghouse box type air conditioner, as it really was starting to fall apart,(if it was just regassing I would have done that in a flash.),however when looking at the local Clive Peters store,I was left with just 2 choices,Kelvinator or L.G.,I quickly chose the Kelvinator, until the salesman told me that they are not made locally any longer, they come from China and the L.G. came from South Korea,we ended up going with the L.G. as it had a few more features and I just felt that South Korea might just be a little better than China with quality,well so far so good. I must say though that when discussing things with the chap , he did say to me that this L.G will not last 22 years like the old Westy, however it will save me money in the long run as it is far more energy efficient than the old one,I suppose time as always will tell. Cheers. Steve. |
Post# 366894 , Reply# 24   7/25/2009 at 13:42 (5,359 days old) by toploader1984 ()   |   | |
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does anybody know of any dishwashers assembled in usa? |
Post# 366969 , Reply# 26   7/25/2009 at 18:44 (5,359 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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The base model Miele vacuum cleaner that is sold here is made in China.... ...as confirmed by the statement from Miele.com.au below So does this mean, following on from some comments above, that the quality of this/these are crap or do we have some confidence in a brand such as Miele who trade on their build quality and reliability to ensure that ALL their factories have a certain level of ISO quality? CLICK HERE TO GO TO ronhic's LINK |
Post# 367358 , Reply# 27   7/26/2009 at 21:20 (5,358 days old) by mayguy (Minnesota)   |   | |
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I know the Maytag Dishwasher are made in America. It was on John Ratzenberger's Made in America show last year. With the "new" Maytag design, I am not sure where they are made.. |
Post# 367389 , Reply# 28   7/27/2009 at 00:47 (5,358 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Greg and I had a good laugh at Nebraska Furniture Mart over this little gem. Not only is this Haier-rebadge the $599 pricepoint entry for GE, you'll be pleased to know that WHIRLPOOL also offers it at the same pricepoint in their lineup. Slightly different control panel, completely identical interior. We were shocked enough when we saw the GE model, but when we spotted the same thing with a Whirlpool badge, we felt used and dirty. |
Post# 367721 , Reply# 29   7/28/2009 at 00:17 (5,357 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Midea Company makes these ADA machines for GE and WP, probably others - their website lists Merloni as well. In addition to that market niche, the price-point for the stainless steel machine is very tempting for direct consumers (priced at $449 in stainless-front here) but also for builders looking to maximize the looks for the buck. When Nate and I saw these machines a few months ago, I did some clicking and reading on the company that makes them, where they are made and lots of customer reviews. Ranging from "This isn't the [insert brand] dishwashers I've had before..." to "WTF?" the reviews pretty much sucked across the board. I have played with one at an office we clean that installed it because of the ADA rules and I saw a newer home development downtown with these dishwashers, not for the ADA need but for the price-point. Interestingly, in 2008, Midea bought a 24.01% share in Little Swan Company maker of the GE front-loading washers. CLICK HERE TO GO TO gansky1's LINK |
Post# 367783 , Reply# 30   7/28/2009 at 09:31 (5,357 days old) by iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas)   |   | |
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What I first noticed on the one here at the office was, besides the small racks, the racks did not glide but rather stuck several times coming out and going back in. The bottom rack catches on the rather large door gasket which will eventually tear with 36 people pushing and pulling at it. The cutlery basket is flimsey and dime store cheap. Though the racks seem to be rather sturdy. The manual clean filter is not a problem here as most of the dishes are coffee cups, snack plates and silverware. The thing is Obscenely quiet. I mean stealth quiet. As I said in a previous post, you can't tell it's running unless you look at the control pannel, or see the steam escaping the vent. It has been running about two loads a week for a year now with no problems. (Wish I could say the same for the Whirlpool Side by Side we got at the same time.) Time will tell. |
Post# 368091 , Reply# 31   7/29/2009 at 11:54 (5,356 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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