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Thread Number: 24155
Maytag honors a couple's 1967 Maytag set... |
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| Post# 375437 8/28/2009 at 19:01 (5,353 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
Whirlpool WISHES they had a current washer and dryer that would make it this long... Offered them a new set and the old couple declined saying theirs still worked fine! Priceless!!! How many of us have working sets older than that? RCD CLICK HERE TO GO TO redcarpetdrew's LINK | ||
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| Post# 375441 , Reply# 1 8/28/2009 at 19:13 (5,353 days old) by kqkenmore (memphis tn) | ||
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Post# 375449 , Reply# 2 8/28/2009 at 19:52 (5,353 days old) by appnut  (TX) |
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| Post# 375451 , Reply# 3 8/28/2009 at 20:01 (5,353 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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Post# 375452 , Reply# 4 8/28/2009 at 20:04 (5,353 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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| Post# 375454 , Reply# 5 8/28/2009 at 20:27 (5,353 days old) by maytaga407 (Heber Utah) | ||
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Post# 375458 , Reply# 6 8/28/2009 at 20:43 (5,353 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 375487 , Reply# 8 8/28/2009 at 23:20 (5,353 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
What did that lady say? "We goteminupiniemna at Sugarman's," is that some Lackawannakanna local dialect? That Maytag man sure doesn't have the personality of the earlier one. And that refrigerator looks like a Frigidaire and is a lot older than 15 or 20 years. Whirpool probably gave that "repairman" an ice pick and said "poke a hole in that sucker when the old lady's not lookin."
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| Post# 375496 , Reply# 9 8/28/2009 at 23:59 (5,353 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
And that refrigerator looks like a Frigidaire 
Yup, Frigidaire, just like Grandmas. It isn't any newer than 1980, so it's at least 30 years old. I would have accepted new machines, but I would demand that they be from the same era as the current set. And, yeah, I have several spare lint filters I'd be willing part with free of charge, with the exception of a few NOS ones still in the plastic ;) I sure hope they have a spare belt set and heater element for the dryer. According to RCD, these parts have officially been obsoleted :( One of Maytags touted slogans in their advertisement back in the 70's (not sure about the 80's) was 40 year guarantee parts availability. It makes me curious if Whirlpool can still be held accountable for that? Hmmmmmmm....... | ||
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Post# 375503 , Reply# 10 8/29/2009 at 00:30 (5,353 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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That Maytag man sure doesn't have the personality of the | ||
| Post# 375509 , Reply# 11 8/29/2009 at 01:34 (5,353 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.) | ||
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Great story, but no news to us :) I am happy they want to keep them and who could blame them. 42 years without a repair and those A606s look like they are in good condition too. Hopefully they will last them another 42 years. Have a good one, James | ||
| Post# 375524 , Reply# 13 8/29/2009 at 09:10 (5,352 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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Post# 375526 , Reply# 14 8/29/2009 at 09:14 (5,352 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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I don't blame them for turning down the new set, although they likely have no clue that they aren't even Maytag-built anymore. I don't know as I would want the new refrigerator either... HOH dryer belts are just standard off-the-rack belts available at any hardware store. The cloth-coated washer belt is the only one that has to be OEM. | ||
| Post# 375674 , Reply# 15 8/29/2009 at 23:14 (5,352 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
Hee-hee! | ||
| Post# 375996 , Reply# 17 8/31/2009 at 17:51 (5,350 days old) by ptcruiser51 (Boynton Beach, FL) | ||
Sugarman's!
I remember stopping in there once in the 1980's and found Protein 21 shampoo on the shelf! It must have been there since 1972. Great place, great prices, if you had an entire day to spend. Too bad it's gone, like so many other good things. FWIW, I met Clay Jackson at one of our appliance roadshows, he's about 6'6", really nice guy. He's maybe 34-35, married with children (sorry). He was a former real estate agent. | ||
| Post# 376032 , Reply# 18 8/31/2009 at 21:19 (5,350 days old) by toggleswitch2 () | ||
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I think we ought to to seriosusly think about manufacturing after-market parts to orginal factory specs. There's a fortune to be made. | ||
| Post# 376048 , Reply# 19 8/31/2009 at 23:11 (5,350 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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"I think we ought to to seriously think about manufacturing after-market parts to original factory specs. There's a fortune to be made." That's why I have been buying extra pieces for every part I need on the tags, especially the hard to find NLA stuff. A nice NOS piece to copy from makes for accurate future replicas :) Replication could be profitable if we could conjure up a few members who're machinist/designers. | ||
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Post# 376050 , Reply# 20 8/31/2009 at 23:14 (5,350 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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few members who're machinist/designers. | ||
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Post# 376147 , Reply# 22 9/1/2009 at 10:27 (5,349 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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This should be the video......... (the internet connection speed here in my office sucks!) This should be the same video I saw a couple months ago about this 3D scanner and 3D printer, which was VERY interesting! So for about $25 per person (based on the number of members profiles) we here at AW/org can have one of these at our disposal! CLICK HERE TO GO TO revvinkevin's LINK | ||
| Post# 376192 , Reply# 23 9/1/2009 at 14:55 (5,349 days old) by toggleswitch2 () | ||
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To whom shall I send my check (cheque=> UK)? I'm not joking. WOW Kevin that nails it! | ||
| Post# 376195 , Reply# 24 9/1/2009 at 15:03 (5,349 days old) by toggleswitch2 () | ||
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Makes one think...... CLICK HERE TO GO TO toggleswitch2's LINK | ||
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