When It Rains It Pours! (Appliances)

[Christine]

So yesterday at 2:00 p.m. my washer died. Fortunately I had done most of my laundry for the week. Went out and looked around to decide on a replacement which would be purchased today.

Got home, had dinner, discovered that my refrigerator is dying (dead). So now I have to get one of those.

What a great Monday!!

Me and my appliances. Last time my oven failed it was Christmas Day and I was in the middle of cooking $50 worth of Prime Rib. Couldn't happen during the cooking of $2.00 worth of tater tots.

 

[FergieTCat]

Let me try to remember the series of events last year:

My dishwasher broke. Then ...

I dumped an entire pitcher of iced tea into my gas stove. It could not be revived. Followed by ...

My microwave oven gave one last might zap and died. Shortly after ...

My television said goodbye.

All is well now. But I don't like the way the new ones are looking at me.

 

[bjscheel]

We were considering a new washer dryer set- mine works, but the dryer was taking a long time. DH pulled it out and shop vac-ed the insides last weekend. Tore the linoleum... Didn't try it till this weekend. It made a horrible noise! He took out a part and "shimmed" it, though it took him a few tries to decide that's what needed done. Now it's working quietly and pretty well, though twice it blew a fuse and he has to do that thing with the breaker. It used to do that a long time ago. It is probably 30 years old and time to get something else...but I hated to spend money when they still work. He was a tad bit aggravated at times with me/dryer. Gotta love the mechanically inclined though!

 

[AndreaDM]

You didn't have a storm or anything did you? We had our dryer, freezer and AC all go out within a few days of each other last year and it was determined it was because of lightening hitting somewhere. Our insurance covered all but the deductible.

 

[SaraJayne]

Let me try to remember the series of events last year:

My dishwasher broke. Then ...

I dumped an entire pitcher of iced tea into my gas stove. It could not be revived. Followed by ...

My microwave oven gave one last might zap and died. Shortly after ...

My television said goodbye.

All is well now. But I don't like the way the new ones are looking at me.

 

[Christine]

You didn't have a storm or anything did you? We had our dryer, freezer and AC all go out within a few days of each other last year and it was determined it was because of lightening hitting somewhere. Our insurance covered all but the deductible.

Unfortunately, no. It's been beautiful for a LONG time.

 

[punkin]

I feel you. I still haven't bought new appliances since mine died a couple of months ago (I did get the washing machine fixed though). Still living without a microwave and a dishwasher. It's not because I don't have the money. It's because DH and I can't decide on what we want.

 

[Dan Murphy]

http://www.energysavers.gov/financial/70022.html

Check your state.

 

[Normangirls]

O.K, I've been whining all weekend about my washer dying on me, but some of you win the "having a bad week" contest. If I lost two appliances at once, I'd just crawl into bed and whimper.

And what is it with these washing machines? Does anyone remember the good old days, when our parents would save up and go to Sears to get a Maytag (because it was the best), and it would last for 20 years? Now we're supposed to accept that 5-7 years is a good run, and the stupid things cost so much.

Anyway, check out the "cash for clunkers" programs in your state -- I'm waiting until Friday to get a new one and I'll get a $150 rebate (in Ohio).

 

[KAMLEM]

I just KNOW that it's going to happen to us. We built our house 19 years ago and we still have our original refrigerator, oven/stove, dishwasher, washer and dryer. It's just bound to happen. I really wish it would, actually, because I'd prefer to replace them all together. I have been wanting to remodel the kitchen, anyways.

 

[Normangirls]

I just KNOW that it's going to happen to us. We built our house 19 years ago and we still have our original refrigerator, oven/stove, dishwasher, washer and dryer. It's just bound to happen. I really wish it would, actually, because I'd prefer to replace them all together. I have been wanting to remodel the kitchen, anyways.

Well, NOW you've done it! You said it out loud. You have made the appliance fairies angry.

Unless you really do want to replace them all soon, you'd better knock on wood, light a candle, and then go outside, turn around three times and spit on the ground.

 

[golfgal]

I just KNOW that it's going to happen to us. We built our house 19 years ago and we still have our original refrigerator, oven/stove, dishwasher, washer and dryer. It's just bound to happen. I really wish it would, actually, because I'd prefer to replace them all together. I have been wanting to remodel the kitchen, anyways.

Same here, ours are about 15 years old.

 

[Christine]

I know it goes against common sense to replace something that isn't broke, but if your appliances are that old (I'm amazed your dishwasher has made it 19 years), I would seriously consider just replacing them while you're not "under the gun." I am one of those "I don't replace it until they break" kind of people and each and every time it happens I'm caught in a bind. I can't go without my washer/dryer for more than a few days. This one failed on Sunday afternoon and I work full-time all week. I have NO time to figure out what I want.

Now with the fridge--I'd really like to be able to spend more than a day figuring out what I want, but I can't. I need this fridge YESTERDAY. So, I had to rush and pick something that was in stock, not necessarily what I really wanted. This happens all the time. Maybe one day I'll learn my lesson.

 

[Disney Doll]

Please I had an avocado green stove and dishwahser up until 3 years ago when we redid the kitchen.

The stove was pretty much shot by the time we got rid of it...one burner worked, which made a holiday dinner quite the event!

The dishwahser worked fine, but it sounded like the 457pm train pulling into the station. I couldn't talk on the phone in the kitchen when it was on. I would run it at night and we slept upstairs and I could still hear it.

Now my dishwasher is so quiet that I have to actually touch it to see if it is warm and vibrating.

 

[Christine]

Please I had an avocado green stove and dishwahser up until 3 years ago when we redid the kitchen.

I have an aqua blue refrigerator in the basement (my spare) that came with my mom's first house built in the late 60s. It is still chugging along and sucking electricity like nobody's business. Those old appliances last a LONG time.

 

[Kathi OD]

We have a Kenmore (Sears) freezer in the garage. I remember it being delivered to the house, almost 50 years ago! It's still going strong. I bet it outlives me.

OTOH, we've been through 3 dishwashers in less than 30 years. Guess the life of appliances began to change somewhere in the 70's.