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Thread Number: 29508
The new stuff Sux - What have we come to? |
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Post# 448736 7/12/2010 at 18:07 (5,030 days old) by peteski50  (New York) |
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I was in sears earlier - so disappointing! All you see is the kenlg's that are so over priced and they did have the newest Samsung with a 5.0 capacity but priced at 1500.00 (yeah I might ever spend that kind of money.) I did see one kenmore model that was made like the Samsung that went for about 675.00. They currently do not carry the newest frigidaire models. And all these stupid cycles are a joke. Like maytag / whirlpool has the 4 hour cycle extension at the end of the cycle as a option to keep tumbling the clothes. If they could do that they should be able to dry them also. And at a 5.0 capacity it should certainly be a combo. The frigidaire 3.5 and the lower priced samsungs are about the best bet. But in reality it is all BS!
Peter | ||
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| Post# 448864 , Reply# 2 7/13/2010 at 08:02 (5,030 days old) by sudsman () | ||
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But in reality it is all BS! my feelings exactly.. just costly crap. no style no personality. copy cat washers with no flair. no real appeal at all. | ||
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Post# 448875 , Reply# 3 7/13/2010 at 09:20 (5,029 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Run Away Fast
From the Frigidaire 3.5 machines. They may be priced right, but you get what you pay for. Other than GE, whose FL machines seem to be nothing but trouble, the Frigidaires are about the least capable FL's out there.
Forget Kenmore. Whirlpools are lower priced and carried the Sears badge for decades. The Affinity isn't even in the same league as the Duet HT I owned before it, and if Duets would fit in my laundry room, that's what I'd still have. | ||
| Post# 449084 , Reply# 6 7/14/2010 at 05:22 (5,029 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
Inflation calculator
This thread made me wonder how much something that was 399 dollars in 1975 would be now......Here is what it told me. The year only went to 2009.....I guess they haven't updated it to 2010 yet.
What cost $399 in 1975 would cost $1573.33 in 2009. Also, if you were to buy exactly the same products in 2009 and 1975, they would cost you $399 and $92.38 respectively. Another calculation I did.....Say you bought a 1972 175 dollar vacuum from sears...That would be like buying a 900 dollar vacuum today......No wonder everything is so fall apart after a year cheap now. | ||
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Post# 449203 , Reply# 7 7/14/2010 at 15:50 (5,028 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Here's a soap-box from me, which is unusual.....
This thread brought some things to my mind as well. Recently a friend and I spent a Friday afternoon shopping for a Whirlpool agitator Cabrio washer, which was bought at HH Gregg. We started at Sears though, and both of us were less than enthused by the reception there. The Kenmore Cabrio versions were gone, and the sales rep suggested we look at Samsung and the LG made Kenmores. We said we wanted top loaders. When we shuffled off quickly, the rep asked if we saw anything we liked and I lamented about not seeing many U.S. made appliances on the floor and that we were going to find a Whirlpool dealer who had more Cabrios to look at. The rep responded that Sears was recommending Samsung and their LG sourced machines. I was not in the best of moods and snapped back to the rep that if she and all of Sears liked foreign-imported machines so much, perhaps she and anyone else would prefer to move closer to where the machines were built. The rep got this puzzled face and just looked at me. I have often heard people lament about the status of the U.S. economy, how our jobs have been sent overseas by these unfeeling corporations, that we've lost our manufacturing base and our competitive edge in the world market, yet these same lamenters have LG appliances in their homes and a Kia in the garage. I have no patience for it. These folks are talking out of both sides of their mouths. I looked at the Sears rep again and said "Do you mean to tell me that for all that Sears has meant to this country, especially in appliances for all these years, that they can't see fit to sell and advance products that we make here? We are capable of making our own laundry products and have been for over 60 years." I am sure she was glad to see me leave. We don't need to be buying Samsung @#!# one minute, then complain about the status of our country a few minutes later. Call me wrong all you want, but I am a staunch supporter of Ford and Whirlpool, and other American corporations who continue to manufacture and source here, and I think it imperative that we reward those companies with our business as long as we are not short-changing ourselves to do so. There may be some new-fangled gadgety thing on that Samsung that we are sure we have to have, but is it really worth it? Gordon | ||
| Post# 456248 , Reply# 13 8/11/2010 at 15:35 (5,000 days old) by aaronfitzy (Pennsylvania) | ||
About "TumbleFresh"
In response to the very first message....you would be referring to what is called "TumbleFresh" on the Whirlpool FL's. I will say firsthand that it DOES work quite well. Although it doesn't have a continuous tumbling action like a dryer, it does tumble back and forth every 30 seconds or so for about 5 seconds. Combine that with a small built in fan to bring fresh air in...you won't have a "musty" smell to your clothes after a few hours if you were to just let them set there. Its a handy feature that I really don't use alot because I normally don't let appliances run when I'm not around. All these recent recalls on appliances is a good enough reason not to! Not much I can do about the fridge though!
Aaron | ||
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