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What you need to know before you buy. http://www.cbc.ca//faulty-appliances-what-you-need-to-know

http://www.reuters.com//us-ces-samsung-appliances-idUSBRE9

https://www.whirlpool.com/kitchen-stylist

http://www.appliancemagazine.com/news.php

Important things to consider when purchasing major appliances. 1) Make sure you have room for your new appliance. Measure the height, width and depth of the opening for your appliance, and not the existing appliance. 2) Check the pathway you are going to use to get your new appliance into your dwelling. Measure appropriate areas such as doorways, to make sure it fits.... 3) Find out who does your local warranty for the brand of appliance your purchasing. Some manufacturers give exclusive rights to the company that is providing warranty service to it's customers in a given area or region. This generally means your looking at only one company being able to provide you with repairs and services before and after your warranty expires.

Why appliances aren't what they used to be. (Part of an article from a consumer website). One Individual's opinion. Its a concept widely used in virtually every manufacturer of durable goods, its called planned obsolescence.... 1. Manufacturers do not want you to own items for a long period of time because you will not invest in continued growth and development for the company. If items are built to last beyond 10 or more years, the development of products and technology would be much slower and various sub contractors and parts makers and distributors would not be in business. 2. Manufacturers want items to break to bring you back into buying a new one, in the past manufacturers made money by having service technicians make house calls with factory authorized parts and with service calls, but as independent appliance service centers (sometimes good and sometimes bad) and 3rd party parts worked there way into the repair side of it, manufacturers lost a good deal of income. 3. Since millions of PCB and other electronic boards cannot be on any manufacturer's parts shelf at any given time, parts supplies must be tightly controlled and regulated, most PCB and electronic boards are refurbished since new ones are rarely made, so therefore the cost is going to be a lot higher. Its not the fact that electronics are expensive, its the fact business cant justify having thousands of new boards just for repairs. Do I think its right? no, will it make the item more expensive? yes but I think that should be up to the consumer, not the manufacturer whether you opt for a more expensive better built product, but this is also a side effect of mass manufacturing. You get what you pay for, 50 years ago appliances cost the same as they do now, but you got a lot more for the same amount of money. and when you consider back then a TV was 500 to 700 dollars (1500 to 2000 now) you better be getting something that will last. In short you get what you pay for, if your stubbornly insisting on walmart prices for a major purchase, your going to get something your just replacing a few years down the road. The idea that everything made in China is bad? They can make excellent products, its the manufacturing companies who send them poor quality material and tell them to make a high quality product with it. You give them a dime of material and want a dollar of product. Even with their social medicine and low wages the profit mongering of companies is sickening. You want better?Force the manufacturers to return to North America and be responsible for what they make, hire North Americans with the know how. Its not Walmart, its people wanting Walmart prices for products like Ethan Allen or Broyhill, or any of the once great North American product lines.

http://www.timesunion.com//Large-appliances-repair-or-repl

http://www.foxbusiness.com//how-to-choose-best-refrigerat/

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Mark's Appliance Repair Professional Dishwasher Installations I have a variety of used dishwashers, from entry-level, to top of the line stainless steel tub's. Installations are $149.95 Used dishwashers range from $50.00 - $250.00... 90 day guarantee on all labor and installations 30 day money back guarantee Delivery arrangements are as follows: $35.00 delivery charge/ $35.00 take away old dishwasher charge covering the Comox Valley region. See more