On Sat, 16 May 2009 17:25:20 -0400, "Dee Randall"
> wrote:

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>"Chemiker" > wrote in message
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>> Not a good bet.
>
>> DeLonghi did not respond to my email.
>>
>> Alex
>

No worries, Dee.

My Dad was a blue collar and taught me a few things.

I pumped the valve with BonAmi and worked it for
maybe 15 minutes and the valve became effective.

They had nothing to do with it. I ( and my now
deceased Dad) fixed it.

They still do not give a damn. It's a matter of
product life cycle. When people stop buying your product,
you already have another *upgrade* waiting in the
wings. You promote the new one, and drop all support
for the former version. For these kinds on things, the
life-cycle is around a year.. For household deodorant
spray devices (Think Glade), it's more like 8 months.

Alex