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Post# 54284   1/23/2005 at 00:27 (7,004 days old) by geoff (Cape Coral, FL)   |   | |
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This must be read. Although I haven't read it yet, the headline made me gag LOL. Just skimming through right now as we speak and want to know who the hell GE poled LOL. Geoff CLICK HERE TO GO TO geoff's LINK |
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Post# 54305 , Reply# 1   1/23/2005 at 07:04 (7,004 days old) by agiflow ()   |   | |
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Exactly Geoff,...who did they poll?LOL.Consumer Reports would sharply disagree.It's something how they can get away with false advertising.Poor GE must be desperate. Pat |
Post# 54312 , Reply# 2   1/23/2005 at 09:34 (7,004 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 54320 , Reply# 3   1/23/2005 at 11:08 (7,004 days old) by compwhiz ()   |   | |
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My whirlpool has never veen repaired science we bought it in 98 |
Post# 54327 , Reply# 5   1/23/2005 at 12:03 (7,004 days old) by fixerman ()   |   | |
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If in fact there was a poll, Either it was a poll designed to come up with the answer they wanted or possibly because no one fixes them, they just scrap them when they break so no fixing is necessary. |
Post# 54328 , Reply# 6   1/23/2005 at 12:03 (7,004 days old) by fixerman ()   |   | |
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If in fact there was a poll, Either it was a poll designed to come up with the answer they wanted or possibly because no one fixes them, they just scrap them when they break so no fixing is necessary. |
Post# 54329 , Reply# 7   1/23/2005 at 12:03 (7,004 days old) by fixerman ()   |   | |
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If in fact there was a poll, Either it was a poll designed to come up with the answer they wanted or possibly because no one fixes them, they just scrap them when they break so no fixing is necessary. |
Post# 54330 , Reply# 8   1/23/2005 at 12:03 (7,004 days old) by fixerman ()   |   | |
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If in fact there was a poll, Either it was a poll designed to come up with the answer they wanted or possibly because no one fixes them, they just scrap them when they break so no fixing is necessary. |
Post# 54331 , Reply# 9   1/23/2005 at 12:03 (7,004 days old) by fixerman ()   |   | |
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If in fact there was a poll, Either it was a poll designed to come up with the answer they wanted or possibly because no one fixes them, they just scrap them when they break so no fixing is necessary. |
Post# 54332 , Reply# 10   1/23/2005 at 12:03 (7,004 days old) by fixerman ()   |   | |
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If in fact there was a poll, Either it was a poll designed to come up with the answer they wanted or possibly because no one fixes them, they just scrap them when they break so no fixing is necessary. |
Post# 54333 , Reply# 11   1/23/2005 at 12:03 (7,004 days old) by fixerman ()   |   | |
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If in fact there was a poll, Either it was a poll designed to come up with the answer they wanted or possibly because no one fixes them, they just scrap them when they break so no fixing is necessary. |
Post# 54334 , Reply# 12   1/23/2005 at 12:04 (7,004 days old) by fixerman ()   |   | |
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If in fact there was a poll, Either it was a poll designed to come up with the answer they wanted or possibly because no one fixes them, they just scrap them when they break so no fixing is necessary. |
Post# 54335 , Reply# 13   1/23/2005 at 12:22 (7,004 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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Anytime I need a lightbulb I always choose GE. |
Post# 54337 , Reply# 14   1/23/2005 at 12:44 (7,004 days old) by fixerman ()   |   | |
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Geez, 9 repeated posts. This has not happened to me before. Others have had this problem but it is a first for me. Wonder what is going on. |
Post# 54356 , Reply# 16   1/23/2005 at 16:59 (7,004 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 54417 , Reply# 19   1/24/2005 at 00:17 (7,003 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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It may be a testament to how quality at Whirlpool and Maytag has dropped for traditioanl top-loading agitator washers. The latest CR brand repair history has Whirlpool, Maytag, GE, and Kenmore all at about 10% of the machines needing repairs in the first four years. Surprizingly, it's Frigidaire who is the dependability leader at 8% repair rate. The data was gathered from consumers on over 100,000 washing machines.
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Post# 54425 , Reply# 20   1/24/2005 at 05:06 (7,003 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)   |   | |
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I think what GE has done is taken the frequincy of repair listing on FRONT LOADERS where CR has them rated most dependable (and all of us know they have sourced out to Electrolux to build these for them)with fewer repairs followed closely by Kenmore and Frigidaire but didn't mention anything about their(GE) most recent models in the line up.That didn't make any sense at all.If their repair record in front loaders is so great,why weren't they listed in the line up???I can't begin to tell you how many of their TL's we get returned due to either DOA or customer stupidity(they rarely take out the shipping bar when they do the "Do it yourself"instalation.)because the don't follow the simple instructions that come with the machines.
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Post# 54456 , Reply# 22   1/24/2005 at 09:43 (7,003 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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GE is trying very hard to reclaim market share in the coin-op world. They have allegedly fixed many of the problems that the new design has had up until now. From talking to several coin-op owners that have the most recent GE TL models, I'm inclined to believe that washer quality is on the way up and GE might deserve a second chance...
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Post# 54546 , Reply# 24   1/25/2005 at 01:20 (7,002 days old) by kenmore1978 ()   |   | |
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Actually, today's soda cans are BETTER! They're extruded from one piece of aluminum and there is no seam anymore. When's the last time you've seen a seam on a soda can? Think about it :-) |
Post# 54547 , Reply# 25   1/25/2005 at 01:22 (7,002 days old) by agiflow ()   |   | |
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Seeing how we have only a few american manufacturers left,we should give GE a second chance and hope they can rise to the top again. |
Post# 54715 , Reply# 28   1/26/2005 at 08:37 (7,001 days old) by designgeek ()   |   | |
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Cost of shipping. When things are made overseas, every pound counts. Also price of steel. And both of those are affected by the price of oil. |
Post# 54717 , Reply# 29   1/26/2005 at 08:59 (7,001 days old) by agiflow ()   |   | |
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Hi KM78,true there are no seams in a soda can,but you get what i was saying,the ss baskets seem more like cheap aluminum,very thin to say the least. |
Post# 54740 , Reply# 30   1/26/2005 at 12:39 (7,001 days old) by pulsator-power (connecticut)   |   | |
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Getting back to the original premise, can you imagine going to Home Depot & puking right in front of the GE's |
Post# 54778 , Reply# 33   1/26/2005 at 15:52 (7,001 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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The tools for our national defense have to come from somewhere. If not GE, who is also a leader in medical technology, then from someone else. All washer manufactures were put on hold for national defense in the 1940's, and we won that one for Europe, so hat's off to GE for helping our troups and keeping us safe. Maybe GE's jump in ratings so quickly isn't from that rapid an increase in reliability, but rather from other manuacturers' products becoming poor more quickly. The old Filter-Flo style was discontinued for a variety of reasons. Having 6 of them in my laundromat, I think the main reason was that they saw Energy Star restricitons coming their way and knew that there was no possible way the design could compete. Remember, in that design there is about 2-3 inches between the inner tub and the wash basket, all the way around, and even more at the bottom. The amount of water it takes to fill that thing - twice! - is just out of this world. Yes, they wash good, yes they spin good, yes they take abuse wonderfully, but those washers could irrigate the state of Iowa with every wash cycle! There is also very, very little plastic or aluminum in the machine; it's all heavy metal and porcelain. The only consistant problem I have had with mine is the oil seal in the transmissions failing, and even then replacing the transmission in a GE is very, very easy to do. But they had to change, just like WP and MYG had to change. And now it seems that companies are only interested in shareholder return instead of consumer image and product quality. |
Post# 991535 , Reply# 42   4/20/2018 at 12:08 (2,169 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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GE started making garbage washers and dryers since 1995. They're getting worse by the minute! |
Post# 991551 , Reply# 44   4/20/2018 at 14:33 (2,169 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)   |   | |
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have a substantial tax cut coming. |
Post# 991603 , Reply# 45   4/21/2018 at 02:06 (2,168 days old) by chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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They aren't lying. They just aren't. Rather marketing is playing on consumer myths and per-conceived motions. When these washer do fail, often consumers are advised to just chuck them. Both from the repair cost (these washers are hard to service), the parts cost (its often the most expensive part the blows like the transmission) and the fact the washer will have more problems soon after (due to all around planned obsolescence) that its much smarter to just get a new washers especially when that washer is something like a Whirlpool or Speed Queen. This is exactly why I never take any advertising seriously. They can be telling the truth without actually telling the truth.
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Post# 991604 , Reply# 46   4/21/2018 at 02:10 (2,168 days old) by chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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