For a lot of goods, what Frank (and others) have said is right. A lot of it
is the same goods (crap or whatever) under different labels. What you have
to try to do is differentiate between the generic crap and the properly made
stuff. Over here we seem to be getting a fair amount of Eastern European
built as well as Chinese made equipment, one is badly built with poor
quality materials and the other is different, it has poor quality materials
and is badly built.
It seems fairly pointless me recommending some European stuff, but we have
found that AEG (German) seems to work.
Guy R Day
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Clarici" <>
To: "derf" <>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] No LBC - Kitchen Appliances
> On 1/17/2011 2:50 PM, derf wrote:
>> You can't place faith in brand names anymore. The names are bought
>> and sold and exploited for their recognition/reputation value.
>
> For sure!
> This past summer I had 3 different jobs of installing air conditioners
> through the walls in different homes.
> All 3 were IDENTICAL except for the name on the sticker and the box it
> came in (same box, different print)
> LG, Maytag, and Frederick. All chinese made and exactly the same.
> BTW, the LGs replaced the 2 year old Maytags which crapped out.
> That maytag repairman isn't on the ads anymore is he?
> We had bought Maytag washer and dryer, both had to be replaced in 5 years
> and I even replac3ed the motor in the washer once in those 5 years.
> The dryer only caught fire once in it's 5 year life.
> So it really doesn't matter, it's all crap, all made by the same people in
> the same plant with a different sticker on it.
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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