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Posted by on May 23, 2009, 4:16 pm
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>> wrote:
>>
>>>>>> Ask me - I feel like hammering something at the moment !
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Now What?????
>>>>
>>>> Aayeee - you make it sound like I am always complaining, maybe I am
>>>> lol
>>>
>>>
>>> No--I was thinking in terms of appliance breakdowns, shitty weather and
>>> general qvetches and groans that come with being "older."
>>
>> OK - well it is a perfectly beautiful day today weatherwise and I hope
>> it is the same for Marg W and people further west. Touch wood, all
>> appliances behaving themselves lol
>>
>How timely. The weather is beautiful, but tooo hot. Godson's graduation BBQ
>party this afternoon/evening - and it's 88 F here. We're just getting ready
>to head out in a bit.
>But the appliance thing - we just decided to renew our warranty policy on
>all the appliances in the house - what a decision. But, after pricing out
>the replacement of anything - and getting Whirlpool to offer us a 15%
>discount and then another 7% based on the multiple appliances and multi-year
>we went for it. About $1000 but covering the washer/dryer, dishwasher,
>double ovens, cooktop, hood, fridge, microwave. Even to replace the built
>in micro - about $600. Of course the cook-top is KitchenAid, the rest
>Whirlpool, But the dryer thing is Maytag. All the same coporation - but we
>had to pay separately for the Dryer. Anyhow - we figure that with the cost
>of service - it was worth it - especially as, well, the washer handle has
>now been replaced by DH with a special temporary. We had put off doing
>this, figuring we should be good for some years with these - however, lo and
>behold - the handle on the front loader starts to crack, so we decided
>(well, DH not happy I had let this all lapse) to go ahead and take Whirlpool
>up on and offer and bargain with them. Then, after the payment - she tells
>me - oh, by the way - your coverage won't start til July - as you had a
>lapse. Thanks. Great. So, keeping fingers crossed that DH's clever
>temporary lasts....
>Ellice
I refuse to buy those things and take my chances. I buy appliances
from Sears and expect them to, within reason, stand behind their name.
They always have and though I recently had a fix on the
microwave/exhaust combo and then the dishwasher, I am still nowhere
near what I would have paid in insurance over five years.
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Posted by Gillian Murray on May 23, 2009, 4:40 pm
lucretiaborgia@fl.it wrote:
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>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Ask me - I feel like hammering something at the moment !
>>>>>> Now What?????
>>>>> Aayeee - you make it sound like I am always complaining, maybe I am
>>>>> lol
>>>> No--I was thinking in terms of appliance breakdowns, shitty weather and
>>>> general qvetches and groans that come with being "older."
>>> OK - well it is a perfectly beautiful day today weatherwise and I hope
>>> it is the same for Marg W and people further west. Touch wood, all
>>> appliances behaving themselves lol
>> How timely. The weather is beautiful, but tooo hot. Godson's graduation BBQ
>> party this afternoon/evening - and it's 88 F here. We're just getting ready
>> to head out in a bit.
>> But the appliance thing - we just decided to renew our warranty policy on
>> all the appliances in the house - what a decision. But, after pricing out
>> the replacement of anything - and getting Whirlpool to offer us a 15%
>> discount and then another 7% based on the multiple appliances and multi-year
>> we went for it. About $1000 but covering the washer/dryer, dishwasher,
>> double ovens, cooktop, hood, fridge, microwave. Even to replace the built
>> in micro - about $600. Of course the cook-top is KitchenAid, the rest
>> Whirlpool, But the dryer thing is Maytag. All the same coporation - but we
>> had to pay separately for the Dryer. Anyhow - we figure that with the cost
>> of service - it was worth it - especially as, well, the washer handle has
>> now been replaced by DH with a special temporary. We had put off doing
>> this, figuring we should be good for some years with these - however, lo and
>> behold - the handle on the front loader starts to crack, so we decided
>> (well, DH not happy I had let this all lapse) to go ahead and take Whirlpool
>> up on and offer and bargain with them. Then, after the payment - she tells
>> me - oh, by the way - your coverage won't start til July - as you had a
>> lapse. Thanks. Great. So, keeping fingers crossed that DH's clever
>> temporary lasts....
>> Ellice
>
> I refuse to buy those things and take my chances. I buy appliances
> from Sears and expect them to, within reason, stand behind their name.
> They always have and though I recently had a fix on the
> microwave/exhaust combo and then the dishwasher, I am still nowhere
> near what I would have paid in insurance over five years.
The one and only time I did buy insurance was for a refrigerator I had
bought for a house I was renting. I was afraid the tenants might not
take care of the new frig, so did pay something to cover any disaster.
Fortunately, they moved out, and I sold the house. It gave me peace of
mind, because we were living in Columbia,MD, and the house was down in
California MD. I didn't want to have to run the 75 miles down there
unless really necessary.
gill
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Posted by Susan Hartman on May 24, 2009, 3:00 pm
lucretiaborgia@fl.it wrote:
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>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Ask me - I feel like hammering something at the moment !
>>>>>> Now What?????
>>>>> Aayeee - you make it sound like I am always complaining, maybe I am
>>>>> lol
>>>> No--I was thinking in terms of appliance breakdowns, shitty weather and
>>>> general qvetches and groans that come with being "older."
>>> OK - well it is a perfectly beautiful day today weatherwise and I hope
>>> it is the same for Marg W and people further west. Touch wood, all
>>> appliances behaving themselves lol
>> How timely. The weather is beautiful, but tooo hot. Godson's graduation BBQ
>> party this afternoon/evening - and it's 88 F here. We're just getting ready
>> to head out in a bit.
>> But the appliance thing - we just decided to renew our warranty policy on
>> all the appliances in the house - what a decision. But, after pricing out
>> the replacement of anything - and getting Whirlpool to offer us a 15%
>> discount and then another 7% based on the multiple appliances and multi-year
>> we went for it. About $1000 but covering the washer/dryer, dishwasher,
>> double ovens, cooktop, hood, fridge, microwave. Even to replace the built
>> in micro - about $600. Of course the cook-top is KitchenAid, the rest
>> Whirlpool, But the dryer thing is Maytag. All the same coporation - but we
>> had to pay separately for the Dryer. Anyhow - we figure that with the cost
>> of service - it was worth it - especially as, well, the washer handle has
>> now been replaced by DH with a special temporary. We had put off doing
>> this, figuring we should be good for some years with these - however, lo and
>> behold - the handle on the front loader starts to crack, so we decided
>> (well, DH not happy I had let this all lapse) to go ahead and take Whirlpool
>> up on and offer and bargain with them. Then, after the payment - she tells
>> me - oh, by the way - your coverage won't start til July - as you had a
>> lapse. Thanks. Great. So, keeping fingers crossed that DH's clever
>> temporary lasts....
>> Ellice
>
> I refuse to buy those things and take my chances. I buy appliances
> from Sears and expect them to, within reason, stand behind their name.
> They always have and though I recently had a fix on the
> microwave/exhaust combo and then the dishwasher, I am still nowhere
> near what I would have paid in insurance over five years.
We buy insurance on some things, not on others, based on past
performance and replacement cost. Dishwasher warranties have more than
paid for themselves; we seem to be hard on dishwashers, because this is
our third or fourth one in 20 years. Got a convection/conventional stove
that needed the thermostat replaced once already, in the 14th month.
Thank goodness we had the extended warranty. (I think it needs
replacement again; I just haven't called yet.) Service calls are so
expensive nowadays, if you spend $100/yr on warranties, you've covered
one call, and many warranties include a once a year maintenance call
that you wouldn't do if the machine weren't actually broken (I think of
it as "well baby checkups.") And I found in the old stove warranty it
included new parts - burner liners, etc. - that I wouldn't have bothered
with normally, but heck, if they're free, I'll take new ones!
sue
--
Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
The Magazine of Folk and World Music
www.dirtylinen.com
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Posted by ellice on May 29, 2009, 2:10 pm
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>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>> Ask me - I feel like hammering something at the moment !
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now What?????
>>>>>
>>>>> Aayeee - you make it sound like I am always complaining, maybe I am
>>>>> lol
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No--I was thinking in terms of appliance breakdowns, shitty weather and
>>>> general qvetches and groans that come with being "older."
>>>
>>> OK - well it is a perfectly beautiful day today weatherwise and I hope
>>> it is the same for Marg W and people further west. Touch wood, all
>>> appliances behaving themselves lol
>>>
>> How timely. The weather is beautiful, but tooo hot. Godson's graduation BBQ
>> party this afternoon/evening - and it's 88 F here. We're just getting ready
>> to head out in a bit.
>>
>> But the appliance thing - we just decided to renew our warranty policy on
>> all the appliances in the house - what a decision. But, after pricing out
>> the replacement of anything - and getting Whirlpool to offer us a 15%
>> discount and then another 7% based on the multiple appliances and multi-year
>> we went for it. About $1000 but covering the washer/dryer, dishwasher,
>> double ovens, cooktop, hood, fridge, microwave. Even to replace the built
>> in micro - about $600. Of course the cook-top is KitchenAid, the rest
>> Whirlpool, But the dryer thing is Maytag. All the same coporation - but we
>> had to pay separately for the Dryer. Anyhow - we figure that with the cost
>> of service - it was worth it - especially as, well, the washer handle has
>> now been replaced by DH with a special temporary. We had put off doing
>> this, figuring we should be good for some years with these - however, lo and
>> behold - the handle on the front loader starts to crack, so we decided
>> (well, DH not happy I had let this all lapse) to go ahead and take Whirlpool
>> up on and offer and bargain with them. Then, after the payment - she tells
>> me - oh, by the way - your coverage won't start til July - as you had a
>> lapse. Thanks. Great. So, keeping fingers crossed that DH's clever
>> temporary lasts....
>>
>> Ellice
>
> I refuse to buy those things and take my chances. I buy appliances
> from Sears and expect them to, within reason, stand behind their name.
> They always have and though I recently had a fix on the
> microwave/exhaust combo and then the dishwasher, I am still nowhere
> near what I would have paid in insurance over five years.
When we got the new house, all the appliances came with, except the
washer/dryer which we got from a family owned business we've used for quite
some time (and has great ratings from the local DC area consumer checkbook).
But, built in microwaves have a way of going out, and they're pricey to
replace, and given that the washer handle started to crack - it seemed
worthwhile. And less worry.
When I was a kid, the folks had lots of Sears appliances, and I think that
was very common - just buy at Sears -even my first washer/dryer 20 years ago
- a present from the folks as a house-warming. But, in the last several
years, there has been for us no reason to go to Sears, unless we were going
to use a Sears card. And point blank, we got better pricing from the
independent appliance dealer, who took care of everything we needed while
the machines were in warranty. We looked into some Sears brand appliances -
for the prior house (replacing the range) and for this at
fridges/washers/dryers. Grossly disappointed when we got into the details
of the range - definitely less bang for the buck. So, now we shop around.
Solid state electronics - they either fail very early, or very late - called
a "bathtub curve" for the statistical description of failure rate v time.
But, things like the big washer, dryer, dishwasher - moving parts and
plumbing. Other reasons to fail. We never buy warranty stuff on
electronics. But, c'est la vie.
ellice
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Posted by Cheryl Isaak on May 23, 2009, 1:09 pm
On 5/23/09 9:52 AM, in article 1svf151fpb7tgkgojeltu6fu08cuadruk5@4ax.com,
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> wrote:
>
>>
>>>
>>>> lucretiaborgia@fl.it says...
>>>>> A hammer.
>>>>
>>>> hmmmmmm... instead of a byob (bring your own bottle) party, I should hold
>>>> a
>>>> byoh (bring your own hammer) one. T'would be a great way to vent one's
>>>> frustrations
>>>
>>> Ask me - I feel like hammering something at the moment !
>>
>>
>> Now What?????
>
> Aayeee - you make it sound like I am always complaining, maybe I am
> lol
Nah- you're just feisty
C
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>>>>>> Ask me - I feel like hammering something at the moment !
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Now What?????
>>>>
>>>> Aayeee - you make it sound like I am always complaining, maybe I am
>>>> lol
>>>
>>>
>>> No--I was thinking in terms of appliance breakdowns, shitty weather and
>>> general qvetches and groans that come with being "older."
>>
>> OK - well it is a perfectly beautiful day today weatherwise and I hope
>> it is the same for Marg W and people further west. Touch wood, all
>> appliances behaving themselves lol
>>
>How timely. The weather is beautiful, but tooo hot. Godson's graduation BBQ
>party this afternoon/evening - and it's 88 F here. We're just getting ready
>to head out in a bit.
>But the appliance thing - we just decided to renew our warranty policy on
>all the appliances in the house - what a decision. But, after pricing out
>the replacement of anything - and getting Whirlpool to offer us a 15%
>discount and then another 7% based on the multiple appliances and multi-year
>we went for it. About $1000 but covering the washer/dryer, dishwasher,
>double ovens, cooktop, hood, fridge, microwave. Even to replace the built
>in micro - about $600. Of course the cook-top is KitchenAid, the rest
>Whirlpool, But the dryer thing is Maytag. All the same coporation - but we
>had to pay separately for the Dryer. Anyhow - we figure that with the cost
>of service - it was worth it - especially as, well, the washer handle has
>now been replaced by DH with a special temporary. We had put off doing
>this, figuring we should be good for some years with these - however, lo and
>behold - the handle on the front loader starts to crack, so we decided
>(well, DH not happy I had let this all lapse) to go ahead and take Whirlpool
>up on and offer and bargain with them. Then, after the payment - she tells
>me - oh, by the way - your coverage won't start til July - as you had a
>lapse. Thanks. Great. So, keeping fingers crossed that DH's clever
>temporary lasts....
>Ellice