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Thread Number: 57112
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Consumer Reports Top Loading Washers |
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| Post# 794161 11/16/2014 at 03:01 (3,441 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Well, it is from Yahoo and Consumer Reports... But there are some Kudos to Older Rapid Dry Fridgidaire Washers in the Comment Section. One person really knew their Fridgidaire. She comments about loading in Quadrants. Smart Cookie !!!
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| Post# 794213 , Reply# 1 11/16/2014 at 07:44 (3,441 days old) by washman (o) | ||
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Not a whole lot of positive comments on the HE washers there either. Imagine that! | ||
| Post# 794282 , Reply# 2 11/16/2014 at 12:18 (3,441 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
Wow Telling article. I liked this part:
Like many of the commenters here, I bought a Speed Queen washer to replace it. It does a better job of cleaning my clothes, doesn't take 50 minutes to wash a load, doesn't make a fraction of the noise and has a reputation for lasting forever. #$%$ Whirlpool - AND Consumer Reports.
I sense that CR is going to need to revise their reliability statistics; they don't seem to gather data far enough back to reflect the reliability issues that arise. The other issue may be that there are insufficient subscribers submitting that data to reflect a true cross-section of the appliance purchasers at large. | ||
Post# 794328 , Reply# 4 11/16/2014 at 18:09 (3,440 days old) by combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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NEVER rates by price, they rate by performance, and factor in past reliability of similar products from the same manufacturer, they do consider price when the product rates well and has a better price, for a Best Buy designation, but it NEVER affects ratings order.
Nate, isn't SQ TL still the most reliable brand in CRs reader survey? | ||
| Post# 794331 , Reply# 5 11/16/2014 at 18:39 (3,440 days old) by NYCWriter () | ||
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I should have been more precise ... Consumer Reports doesn't rate "based" on price. But price largely determines whether it's evaluated in the first place. I've been told this directly by CR editors. | ||
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Post# 794441 , Reply# 6 11/17/2014 at 07:24 (3,440 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Hi Matt, could you define this price policy of CRs in regards of what they buy for testing, I look at many ratings in CRs and often some products cost three times what others cost.
And even if you talked to an editor at CRs it is most unlikely that he or she is the one that determines what is purchased for testing. Tell us more about this one person management of this well respected organization. | ||
| Post# 794480 , Reply# 7 11/17/2014 at 12:55 (3,439 days old) by NYCWriter () | ||
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John ... ... I'm not sure what you're asking. | ||
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Post# 794708 , Reply# 8 11/18/2014 at 13:00 (3,438 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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"But price largely determines whether it's evaluated in the first place."
If price plays a part in whether or not Consumer Reports evaluates an item, they're very good at hiding it. The complete list of their ratings for ranges, for instance, saw tested items sporting prices from around $750 to nearly $7,000. Similar examples abound. Perhaps someone can step in and clarify any misinterpretation of your statement on my part. | ||
| Post# 794709 , Reply# 9 11/18/2014 at 13:07 (3,438 days old) by NYCWriter () | ||
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Well ... "Perhaps someone can step in and clarify any misinterpretation of your statement on my part." I'm only repeating what was told to me by several editors at CR. Your issue is with them, not me. | ||
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Post# 794714 , Reply# 10 11/18/2014 at 13:40 (3,438 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Your apology and admission of inaccuracy is accepted, Matt!
This post was last edited 11/18/2014 at 17:18 | ||
| Post# 794719 , Reply# 11 11/18/2014 at 14:17 (3,438 days old) by NYCWriter () | ||
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Um ... "Your apology and admission of inaccuracy is accepted, Matt!" I did neither. | ||
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Post# 794722 , Reply# 12 11/18/2014 at 14:32 (3,438 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 794779 , Reply# 13 11/18/2014 at 19:18 (3,438 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Post# 794849 , Reply# 15 11/19/2014 at 03:32 (3,438 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Ben, this has absolutely nothing to with the government knowing what's best, or eco-Nazis, or CR's political leanings. Matt stated he was told by several CR editors that an item's price largely determined whether it was evaluated. I pointed out, with pricing documentation from CR's tests, the inaccuracy of that statement. John suggested Matt stop repeating that inaccuracy.
I see no problem with any of that. | ||
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