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Thread Number: 9714
Samsung Dishwasher; WHAT? |
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| Post# 179684 12/31/2006 at 15:56 (6,315 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
I was casing out my local Best Buy the other day, looking for something. Before I left I cruised through the appliances section. First off, there's NO Maytag to be found, Best Buy seems to be done with them. They seem to be big into all the Asian appliances now, lots of LG, Samsung, some weirdo brand called "Insignia", etc. They do have Frigidaire, some GE, Whirlpool and a few Kitchenaids. Well, I saw one Samsung dishwasher, I opened it up, and what did I see? A Maytag machine. Is Maytag selling their factory tooling to Korea now? The interior was identical in every way to Maytag's tall tub design. Racks, door moldings, sprayers, everything! What's funny is there was a definite drop in build quality. The machine looked like Maytag, but it felt very chitzy...not robust like the original Maytag design. Sad... Weird...i'll never understand why these Asians just copy everyone else. It's the same thing with my shitty Haier dishwasher in my apartment. It's a sick mutt of GE and Whirlpool...all gone wrong! They have no passion or ingenuity. None. And when they do copy others, they screw up what was good about the donors. | ||
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Post# 179714 , Reply# 1 12/31/2006 at 17:34 (6,315 days old) by toggleswitch  (New York City, NY) |
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Today's (rough) trade is tomorrow's competition. Keep in mind Japanese cars. Tin-sardine can rice-burners at first, but look at them now! And all kidding aside, conformity and homogeneity are BIG factors in Japanese society. I personally won't buy an Asian appliance when I can get one that is made closer to home. Service and "customer-care" seem to be big issues to date. | ||
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Post# 179732 , Reply# 2 12/31/2006 at 18:36 (6,315 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 179759 , Reply# 3 12/31/2006 at 19:54 (6,315 days old) by oxydolfan1 () | ||
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It's the reverse of (some of the) Maytag front-loaders...if you look at the labels and they read "Made in Korea" it is a South Korean unit made by Samsung....... | ||
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Post# 179765 , Reply# 4 12/31/2006 at 20:19 (6,315 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 179783 , Reply# 5 12/31/2006 at 21:12 (6,315 days old) by oxydolfan1 () | ||
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Yes, that's what I'd understood as well...wonder how all of these machines will hold up over time (since we are already getting feedback on many LG models)... It's odd, that no Japanese manufacturers seem willing to enter the fray as well. | ||
| Post# 179784 , Reply# 6 12/31/2006 at 21:13 (6,315 days old) by oxydolfan1 () | ||
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I have heard that some Maytag fridges are a result of a colloborative agreement with Daewoo. Is this true? | ||
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Post# 179790 , Reply# 8 12/31/2006 at 21:26 (6,315 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 180006 , Reply# 9 1/1/2007 at 16:22 (6,314 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Maytag / Daewoo
I understand that prior to Maytag's purchase by Whirlpool, that all 18 cubic feet refrigerators and below were to be made by DAEWOO. Don't recall the source or any further details. It just pi**es me off the Maytag closed the old Admiral plant in Galesburg Illinois leaving many people without jobs and then appears to have shipped the manufacture to DAEWOO. Perhaps the Maytag experts who read this site can clarify the details of Maytag's decision. Sure the Admiral plant was old,old. I just HATE to see the USA lose our manufacturing base over and over and over. The Admiral plant produced fine refrigerators for many decades. No way to save those jobs??? | ||
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