[Magdalen] How do you buy a stove?

[Marion Thompson]

I've just bought a whole bunch of new appliances.  There is no natural 
gas in Whitevale and I have cooked with electric forever. A few years 
ago, I ws thrilled to replace the old coil burner stove with a new glass 
top, Maytag, which I have loved loved loved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I will be 
sorry to leave it behind.  it was also handy as extra counter space.  
:-)  Now for the first time in a gazillion years I will  be cooking with 
gas, Kenmore Elite that my daughter and her partner who works for Sears 
scored  in the Clearance Centre with a dent in the side that won't show 
when installed.  About $1,000 off!  In fact all the new machines will be 
Sear's.  Their level of customer service has been remarkably good!

Marion, a pilgrim

On 8/1/2015 6:52 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> When my daughter needed a fridge she got a "scratch and dent" model from (I
> think) Lowe's for $150 off. The dent was on a side of the fridge that was
> going to butt up against cabinets.
>
> On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 6:34 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> when I had to buy a new fridge the year after I moved ('09), I shopped and
>> chose a 'French door', small version, and got a real deal at Best Buy as it
>> was a close out previous year's model... They delivered it and had to take
>> a the top doors off to move it into my fairly restricted small kitchen. The
>> drawer freezer was easily removed for the placement. After moving it into
>> place they attached stuff, removed tags and left. While reloading the
>> fridge I noticed they had forgotten to put on the long sleek side to side
>> handle that pulls out the freezer which is a drawer. Of course I did not
>> have the delivery guys number, so I called Best Buy. Can't say what
>> actually happened but no handle ever was found (they probably threw it out
>> in the box). The solution BB cane up with was to order another fridge
>> (what???) possibly because it was a discontinued model. Two weeks later I
>> had to go through the whole unloading/loading thing again, and when the
>> customer rep called to see how everything went I mentioned the hassle for
>> such a small part. They knocked another $100. off the fridge (which I had
>> bought on their no interest 2 year credit) ! It was my lucky day.
>> L
>>
>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>
>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
>> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
>> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
>> by Richard Rohr
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 5:01 PM
>>
>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] How do you buy a stove?
>>
>> When we bought our dishwasher, we read everything we could find online,
>>> comparison shopped locally and online, and finally settled on a Maytag
>>> from
>>> Lowe's. We like it a lot, BUT....a small part holding the top shelf broke
>>> in the first month and it took 7 weeks to get a replacement part, all of
>>> which was covered by warranty. Since then it's been fine, works well and
>>> purrs like a kitten.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> there are fewer 'local' places in suburban Houston (I used to have a
>>>> favorite place, then they opened up several locations, then they
>>>> disappeared after 20 years) and Best Buy is open to competitive pricing
>>>> and
>>>> 'discounting'...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>>>
>>>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
>>>> not
>>>> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
>>>> me."
>>>> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>>> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
>>>> by Richard Rohr
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "ME Michaud" <michaudme at gmail.com>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 4:43 PM
>>>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] How do you buy a stove?
>>>>
>>>> Space-saving concept. You're right.
>>>>
>>>>> We're not allowed charcoal grilles at the pool any more. I do wonderful
>>>>> things with a professional hotplate, a convection oven, and an electric
>>>>> frying pan. Works fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would never buy from Best Buy or Home Depot. I call a local appliance
>>>>> shop and tell them make&model and they order&deliver
>>>>> -M
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>