RE: throw away society

And on year eleven- the main board goes out so it beeps at you, add 3
igniters that decided not to work anymore... so you have a stove that
has to be plugged in every time you use it, top burners need to be light
with a match, and you are all set to cook!.. Put up with that for 4
years and bought a new one.... 

Donna


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Lynda Young
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 2:55 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] throw away society
> 
> Ha!  You go, girl!  I get so annoyed with stories that "parts have
been
> discontinued" I could scream - that's almost worse than appliances I
am
> convinced have been built to self-destruct once the warranty period
has
> passed.  What happened to American Built, Yankee Ingenuity - built to
> last longer, be more efficient and work harder?  I know we can do
better
> than this, for goodness sake.
> 
> Lynda
> Zone 7 - West TN
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of kmrsy@comcast.net
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 2:26 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: [CHAT] throw away society
> 
> 
> This  situation I'm about to describe has much to do with some of the
> other things we've been complaining about recently.
> 
> I have mentioned that I'm getting my kitchen updated a bit. While I'm
at
> it I thought I would replace the electronic touch-pad clock assembly
on
> my gas stove. The down-arrow contacts are 'bad', so when I touch
'bake',
> the temp starts at 350 degrees and I can't decrease the temp. I've
> checked everywhere and no one will repair the unit, so I ordered a new
> clock assembly. Sears has discontinued it. What!!??! It's only 12
years
> old! "Well, ma'm, 10 yrs is the life expectancy of a stove." What!!??!
> This stove cost over $1000, and I fully expected to get a minimum of
20
> years, and more like 40 years out of it. And as I mentioned before, I
> don't cook much, so I should get more years out of a stove than a
family
> might.
> 
> 
> So then I tried Repairclinic.com and they say "the mfg has changed the
> part # to...." I check sears.com and they indicate they have it but
> Sears by phone also said they had the original #, billed me for it,
but
> couldn't send it because it was discontinued. From checking back and
> forth I now know that GE built this Kenmore range, and it's the GE #
> that is supposedly available at RepairClinic.com. So I tried GE
directly
> with their part#. "Sorry ma'm, that part's been discontinued."
> 
> 
> Can anyone tell me why these places carry parts only during the
warranty
> period, when, if the appliance is reasonably well-built, it will
easily
> outlive that period? The time for things to go wrong is 10 yrs out.
> THAT's when you want repair parts! But they discontinue them in the
> expectation that you'll have to scrap it and by a new one.
> 
> 
> Well, nothin-doin! No more 200 degree cheesecake here. If it can't be
> made at 350+, I ain't cookin' it. And I'm not buying another new
stove.
> 
> 
> Kitty
> 
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