[Magdalen] How do you buy a stove?

[Jon Egger]

I much prefer cooking with gas.  Much better control of heat.

Grace and pece,
brud

On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 6:43 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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