RE: throw away society

My top burners are electronic ignition. This gas oven has a waste high 2
temp broiler. (oops guess it's one temp now, can't use the down arrow)

I'll still use it until it gets as badd as you've described.

Kitty
> 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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