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[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] phx@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is it really that it worked for 30 years or just that the couple times it failed that actually got somebody to repair it?

I had my washer/dryer for 8+ years now. Actually got the extended warranty for sure reason and it covered having a repair when it started leaking, but given the cost of repairs hasn't just elect to buy a new unit.

[–] paperazzi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

My washer/dryer unit stopped working properly after less than 5 years. Out of warranty. I was damned if I was going to toss it or pay the equivalent to fix. So, I researched, found the problem, purchased the part and fixed it myself. I'm a 58 yo woman who is so sick and tired of the games corporations play to part us with our money.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Your appliances and devices will all be enshittified and you will be happy.

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[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm so thankful my house came with a super old washer and dryer. They work so well. I had to replace the one vent hose thing for the dryer, but that's because my cat thought she could sit on it and it ripped out of the wall when she landed on it.

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[–] qx128@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Should’a bought a Speed Queen

[–] M137@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I just had to get the fridge-freezer in my apartment replaced because the freezer started growing ice everywhere like that was its job, nothing I did helped. When the landlord came to take a look he was surprised by how old the one I had was, he looked it up and it's been here since 1993. I've lived here since 2016, and it worked perfectly until a couple of months ago. While the new fridge-freezer combo (one of those that's half fridge, half freezer on top of each other, same as the old one) is much better in many ways, it's obvious it won't survive for even 1/3rd of the time that the old one did. The one thing that annoys me is that my fridge magnets can't hold themselves up on the new doors because the metal is too thin, they just slide down to the bottom edges.

[–] GalacticTaterTot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Requires wifi. Sends gigs of data back to the manufacturer everyday. But it has pretty chime.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I personally used the same washing machine from the time I was 13 until I was 36.

Been through some dryers though, and the old washer gave out a few years ago. I probably could have repaired it but I couldn’t find the time.

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

This has literally been me over the last 3 years. Started making decent money so figured we would replace our old faithful washer and dryer, mostly due to growing family and needing bigger capacity. Fuck Samsung. Washer shit out 2 months outside warranty, and would have cost the price of the washer to fix it. The 'auto balancing system' is fucking bullshit. I don't care if my washer bounces around because the load is unbalanced. My parents' washer could be as unbalanced as shit and didn't matter because the whole bin had supports to the frame of the washer. Was it loud if it was an unbalanced load? Fuck yeah. But you could simply rebalance yourself, and continue if you really wanted to. Not necessary though. It would finish washing if it had power, and no force could stop it.

[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Front loaders suck for moisture retention. They need more care between cycles to prevent build up.

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[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I hate that my washing machine has electronic buttons rather than mechanical rotating interrupters.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

My apartment expects me to pay to use their machines, but they don't fucking clean them. Most of the time, my clothes come out looking and smelling worse than when they went in!

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