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Post# 416393   2/17/2010 at 17:35 (5,174 days old) by supersurgilator (Indiana)        

Had to go to the laundromat with my mom today and we went to a different one than the one I frequent (but same owner). Anyway, in January of 2004 they bought 9 SQ toploaders. These machines just now turned 6 years old and 3 of them are out of order, and one of the ones we used needed bearings. I knew their quality had gone down after they changed over from 2 belts to 1 belt (late 1997) but still these new machines are junk.




Post# 416401 , Reply# 1   2/17/2010 at 18:15 (5,174 days old) by aaronfitzy (Pennsylvania)        
well....

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You also need to consider the amount of abuse these things take! Being in a laundromat is no easy task for any machine.

Aaron


Post# 416417 , Reply# 2   2/17/2010 at 18:52 (5,174 days old) by jeffg ()        

That's for sure. Six years is an eternity for laundromat washers.

Post# 416453 , Reply# 3   2/17/2010 at 21:16 (5,174 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)        

early-'80s white-westinghouse must have been pretty tough-
a new laundromat opened in 1981 with westinghouse top loads,
two sizes of front load westinghouse,a big milnor,and an
italian dry clean machine(forget what the dryers were)in 1993,
last time i was there,these machines were still running.
Also,one laudromat i went to in '89 still had some old mid-
'60s turquoise speed queens running-that was a treat!



Post# 416471 , Reply# 4   2/17/2010 at 22:05 (5,174 days old) by danmantn (Tennessee)        
Just like owning a car...

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If you don't maintain your car, it'll go down hill rather quickly also! Some laundromat owners think they can open the door and come back once a year. You can tell the well maintenanced ones as soon as you open the front door.

I went to a different laundromat the other day where there was a lady stuffing clothes into a front load Neptune...get this WITH A STICK! Let me repeat...WITH A STICK! She crammed all she could by hand, then had this short stick thing that she pushed clothes into every possible space. UNBELIEVEABLE.

It was all I could do to not pull an intervention. lol Poor little machine. I would imagine that the interior of those clothes never even got wet. :( What a simpleton. Of course, looking at her appearance, clean clothing was not a priority. :

That laundromat was actually well maintained, and a good value. For $4.50, I was able to use the 50 lb machine with "Super Wash" that ran an increible 55 minutes! I didn't think it would ever stop.





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Post# 416561 , Reply# 5   2/18/2010 at 14:24 (5,173 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)        

...went to a different laundromat the other day where there was a lady stuffing clothes into a front load Neptune...get this WITH A STICK! Let me repeat...WITH A STICK!

I have seen people use their feet to stuff a washer. Then they pour in 1/2 a bottle of detergent in the dispenser.

Some people either never learn, don't care or a combination of both.

One of my theories.....
If somebody doesn't have a financial stake in an item, they'll treat it like trash and will shortly thereafter be ruined.


Post# 416600 , Reply# 6   2/18/2010 at 19:01 (5,173 days old) by supersurgilator (Indiana)        

That is true, but there are also some SQ's at this same laundromat from the mid 80's that are working fine, and one is even harvest gold.


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