tvguy
Question anything the facts don't support.
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This is what I'm thinking right about now. My 3 yr. old Whirlpool just died and two repairman visits and $85 later, he says it's the motor. It would be more expensive to repair than just replace it. It wasn't inexpensive when we bought it and although it cleaned well and was super quiet, I've hated it since day one. It can take three hours to run a load! We figured out it was because the water had to reach a certain temperature before it would start and that took awhile because we don't have instant hot water.
I don't even know if I can find any machine to bypass that issue but if so I'm sure it will be an inexpensive one without any bells or whistles.
Right now I'm leaning towards not replacing it at all.....we've been washing dishes by hand and at least my useless dishwasher makes a great drying rack!
My mom is the queen of that.
Bought the cheapest TV she could find, it broke 15 years later, bought the cheapest LCD she could find.
Buys the cheapest Kenmore washer and dyer she can find, when a knob breaks 20 years later, she goes and buys another pair.
Bought a new Pinto in 1976, when it died 27 years later, said "I got 27 years from the least expensive Ford you can buy, I want another".....now a Focus sits in her garage, and if IT lasts 27 years my mom will be 107!!! Wonder what the cheapest Ford will be in 2030
