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I'm amazed and distressed at the number of people who replace appliances just for the sake of having something new. I bought a house a couple of months ago, and pretty much all of the appliances had something wrong with them. I fixed all but two of them myself, the exceptions being the fridge and dishwasher - the fridge because it was 20 years old and using 120kWH per month (replaced with used, 5 year old fridge) and the dishwasher which had multiple faults (replaced with used). In my search for used appliances, I came across dozens of people selling most or all of their appliances because they didn't match, or they re-modeled the kitchen and were the wrong colour. No one fixes anything anymore. My stove had an electronic fault, and I was quoted $500 for the module, and advised to buy a new stove. The "old" stove was in perfect condition other than this module that represented less than 0.1% of the mass of the stove, and they wanted me to send it to the landfill. Well, I don't play that game. I found the fault on the pcb and fixed it myself for essentially nothing. It's frustrating that we live in a such a throw-away society. People talk about recycling cans and whatnot, but don't think twice about chucking the big items out. I'm more happy about the fact the stove is not in a landfill than I am about the money I saved.
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Posts in this Thread:
- OT: Washer/Dryer Recommendations, AeroLady, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:05:39
- Re: OT: Washer/Dryer Decision made, thanks!!, AeroLady, Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:44:43
- We've had a front load HE Sears for 4 years........., MI-Roger , Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:10:43
- Re: OT: Washer/Dryer Recommendations, Bruce, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:31:48
- Re: OT: Washer/Dryer Recommendations, kkelley, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:26:51
- Re: OT: Washer/Dryer Recommendations, sondeen , Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:30:48
- Re: OT: Washer/Dryer Recommendations, Skip, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:53:14
- Re: OT: Washer/Dryer Recommendations, smt, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:03:08
- LG, OKSaabs, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:24:28
- Re: OT: Washer/Dryer Recommendations, Bill Homer , Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:30:20
- Re: OT: Washer/Dryer Recommendations, TML , Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:43:06 <-- Viewing This Message
- Carmakers could only wish, Reality, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:26:36
- Here's how I avoid landfilling applicances, 2x over, AeroBaron, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:13:51
- Not afraid of fixing cars but appliances -- how?, vvk, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:10:44
- Great info, thanks! (+), vvk, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:39:23
- Where to get parts, manuals, and advice., nwas, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:16:32
- Re: Not afraid of fixing cars but appliances -- how?, jeff in MD, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:17:49
- Re: Not afraid of fixing cars but appliances -- how?, TML , Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:14:12
- imho, GE is the problem..., James, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:27:22
- Re: OT: Washer/Dryer Recommendations, kkelley, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:22:06
- I agree, James, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:48:22
- A lot to be said for the older machines., Noel, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:57:57
- Re: OT: Washer/Dryer Maytag Neptune repair/replace, AeroLady, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:45:21
- Re: OT: Washer/Dryer Recommendations, James, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:46:50
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