[Magdalen] How do you buy a stove?

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Marion>A few years ago, I was
> 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.  :-)

I must admit, mine does add 'counter space' too.... only one casualty in 8 
years - my Cuisenart  cover/chute  which was sitting on back left corner 
when I accidentally turned on back left burner instead of the front left...

Lesson learned...

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

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From: "Jon Egger" <revegger at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2015 10:10 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] How do you buy a stove?

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