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Thread Number: 32651
Bosch to Exit Full Size Laundry |
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Post# 492130 1/28/2011 at 15:49 (4,836 days old) by joe_in_philly  (Philadelphia, PA, USA) |
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| Post# 492158 , Reply# 1 1/28/2011 at 16:53 (4,836 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
Wow! | ||
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Post# 492205 , Reply# 2 1/28/2011 at 19:04 (4,836 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Didn't See This One Coming, But Am Not Surprised
Anything made and shipped from Germany is expensive, period. As the comments state how could Bosch compete when you've got cheaper parts/product coming out of Mexico and or Asia?
Then consider shipping from Germany to the United States, again not exactly cheap including taxes and surcharges. Once the parts arrive on these shores they still must be turned into an appliance. Yes, things coming out of Mexico and Asia must be shipped, but in the former the distance is less and benefits from NAFTA; the later can use "cheaper" labour to offset costs. Miele despite calls from some to open a plant in the United States, continues to build products for this market that are "tweaked" versions sold elsewhere. Thus one model can produce revenue from several sources. Outside the United States do not think there is *that* large a market for uber-sized front loading washers that cannot be stacked. | ||
| Post# 492233 , Reply# 4 1/28/2011 at 20:21 (4,836 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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| Post# 492313 , Reply# 5 1/29/2011 at 00:30 (4,836 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
Welll...... | ||
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Post# 492600 , Reply# 6 1/30/2011 at 11:07 (4,834 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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FULL SIZED BOSCH WASHERS & DRYERS
I am not surprised they are giving up they should have not bothered in the first place. Bosch appliances are just not up to the ruggedness that most Americans expect from thier appliances. It seems that every Bosch oven I see has bent hinges and the dryers large and small are noisy and slow, to say nothing of thier terrible DWs we must throw a least one of them away a week. And I have never had anyone that had the DW ask for another one.
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| Post# 492604 , Reply# 7 1/30/2011 at 11:33 (4,834 days old) by hoover1100 (U.K.) | ||
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A real shame! Aside from Miele, they were the only full sized machines on the U.S. market that I would have even considered buying. :-( Matt | ||
| Post# 492617 , Reply# 8 1/30/2011 at 12:48 (4,834 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
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Asko? | ||
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Post# 492957 , Reply# 9 2/1/2011 at 00:07 (4,833 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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Post# 492961 , Reply# 10 2/1/2011 at 00:40 (4,833 days old) by Pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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US made machines | ||
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Post# 493293 , Reply# 11 2/2/2011 at 07:57 (4,831 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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