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How to Save Money Buying a New Appliance

How to Save Money Buying a New Appliance

Buying a new appliance is expensive and everyone wants to get a good value for their money.  Sometimes getting less can be more.  According to Consumer Reports, some of the extra features offered on new washers and dishwashers are not needed and just add unnecessarily to the final cost.
Take new dishwasher cycles with names like “turbo [...]

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  • Basic Appliance Care and Safety
    May 14th, 2008

    If you are lucky, you rarely need to pay much attention to the appliances that run, some of them 24 hours a day, in your home. But to keep everything trouble free, it’s good to follow some basic guidelines for care and safety when using or installing appliances in your home. Handymanclub.com offers some [...]

  • Fisher & Paykel is Moving to Mexico
    May 2nd, 2008

    Fisher & Paykel, the New Zealand appliance manufacturer well known for it’s dishwasher drawers and washing machines is consolidating it’s manufacturing and moving to Reynosa, Mexico, just south of the U.S. border.
    The range and DishDrawer factory in Dunedin, New Zealand, the refrigeration plant in Brisbane, Australia and the DCS manufacturing plant in Huntington Beach will [...]

  • Sears Unveils Kenmore Elite Oasis Washer and Dryer
    March 11th, 2008

    Laundry Pair Combines High Efficiency with Deep Clean Functionality and SteamCare Technology
    Kenmore Elite’s SteamCare technology, harnesses the power of steam by saturating dry clothing with a fine mist of water while simultaneously heating the interior of the appliance. The water and heat work together to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and odors, so consumers [...]

  • Is the Washer Eating Your Socks? -Missing Socks Form One of Life’s Little Mysteries
    January 31st, 2008

    By Gary Dymski
    Newsday
    Two socks enter the washer. Two socks exit the dryer.
    As household tasks go, what could be simpler? A pair of socks goes from drawer to feet to dirty clothes to washer and dryer and back into the drawer.
    Of course, anyone associated with a social group that faintly resembles a family knows the truth. [...]