On 21 Dec 2010 18:29:02 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Tue 21 Dec 2010 08:42:58a, Jean B. told us...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Mon 20 Dec 2010 05:10:46p, Jean B. told us...
>>>
>>>> The Cook wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:07:14 -0500, "Jean B." >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Steve B wrote:
>>>>>>> We opted to keep an old white plastic Whirlpool dishwasher on
>>>>>>> our remodel instead of getting a new one. This plastic POS
>>>>>>> cleans very well, and we were cutting corners.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A few months ago, we bought some purple bushel basket woven
>>>>>>> shaped plastic baskets that we used for popcorn. Wifey
>>>>>>> thought they needed washing. She put them into the
>>>>>>> dishwasher with (lucky for her) clear glass dishes that were
>>>>>>> full of drywall dust.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On opening the dishwasher, the inside was totally permanently
>>>>>>> streaked with purple from the baskets. It looked like purple
>>>>>>> paint was perfectly slung all over the inside of the dw.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It looks soooo cool!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We both love it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It will be a nice story to tell, and we hope it lasts a
>>>>>>> while.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Odd. BTW, you are smart to keep the old DW. New appliances
>>>>>> are rather iffy.
>>>>> You are so right. Last year our 5 year old dishwasher lost its
>>>>> water pump (I think that was it) so off to Lowe's. I was
>>>>> looking for one like we had, a top line Bosch which I love.
>>>>> Bosch had changed the rack arrangement and I did not like any
>>>>> of them. Decided that Electrolux was as close as we were going
>>>>> to get. It did not get dishes clean unless you had them almost
>>>>> clean to start with. Returned it. We ordered the part from
>>>>> Bosch (about $200) and got it in two days. DH replaced it
>>>>> with minimum of profanity. It is great to have a DH who can
>>>>> fix almost anything.
>>>>>
>>>> Hmmmm. I was just telling someone about my new GE, which has
>>>> the tiniest scratch in the door... which has started to rust
>>>> after THREE uses. I look inside my current Bosch (with the
>>>> nonfunctional water pump--did they ever fix this issue?), which
>>>> I used for many years and has an interior that looks brand new.
>>>> Maybe I should put a new DW the current house and store the
>>>> Bosch.
>>>> I wonder whether the new GE will get totally rusty--like so
>>>> many
>>>> other things that should be made for their intended uses
>>>> involving water.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I had a top of the line Kenmore with SS tub that never rusted,
>>> but that was 10 years ago. Our next one, when we move, will be a
>>> Maytag.
>>>
>> But... Maytag now is most likely NOT like the old Maytags. :-(
>>
>
>I'm in a quandry now. I don't really know what to buy. Seems like
>someone points out a flaw in almost every major brand.


Find out which brand has someone in your area to do repairs. Talk to
the repair people and find out how long to get a service call. How
much is the call. Ask some of your friends who does repairs promptly
and well. Sometimes the store will have their own repair crew. When
we lived in Virginia we bought all of our appliances from the same
place for about 25 years. It was locally owned and had their own crew
and I always felt that I got great service. The first time I went
there was after looking at all the big box stores for a washing
machine. No one could deliver one for almost a week. I was headed
for the hospital for surgery in a few days and I had a less than one
year old at home. These were the days when we washed and dried our
own diapers. I found the washing machine I wanted and asked when I
could get it delivered. Would this afternoon be OK? The delivered it
that afternoon and took the old one away. They got my business from
then on.

When we were moving here to NC I decided that the Maytag dishwasher
that was in the house had to go. It was loud. I could hear it
running from one end of the house to the other. Besides, I could not
fit my dishes into it. So just about noon on New Year's Eve we went
to our favorite dealer. Doors locked but saw someone in there. The
owner came to the door and asked what we needed. I told him that I
wanted a specific model of Bosch dishwasher. He let us in, and in a
few minutes he as rolling the dishwasher out to the truck. I was
looking for some drip pans for the stove at the new place. It was a
GE that had removable panels on each side. When I told the owner's
wife what the model was she asked it if I wanted the whole replacement
panels. I got them at her cost and she was glad to get rid of them.
We also got the griddle panel for it. They did pretty well for
letting us in the door.

How I wish for that store here. This is a small town and if Lowe's
doesn't have it, it is a 40 mile trip to find it.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)