Is My New Washer and Dryer Worth the Wait?

[pampchefrhondab]

Wow, I FINALLY got my new washer and dryer!!

I was so hoping to use it yesterday, but it didn't get delivered until 9:30 p.m.! Since it was so cold all of the delivery trucks were not running. The poor delivery people! Anyway the washer comes w/a little water already in it so I couldn't use it until it thawed out. None of the trucks are insulated.

I just started using it this morning and boy does it make some weird noises! It sounds like a jet taking off when it spins! New technology! I'll have to see how the first load comes out it's almost done!

I so hope this pair can be even half as good to me as my old faithful pair was. They gave me almost 20 years of service. I figured out they probably did 14,500 loads of laundry! Including many cloth diapers for my little ones - who aren't so little anymore!

 

[PampMomof3]

Awesome Rhonda!! I got mine on Thursday from Sears. Is that what you got? I got the $999 Samsung pair and I LOVE THEM!!!! Have fun!

 

[pamperedlinda]

Who knew that washing clothes could be so much fun?! LOL

 

[cookingwith_tara]

I'm off to the laundry mat today to wash clothes. Ours went out last week. It's 10 years old. And from what I hear they usually don't even last THAT long! We can't get another right now so I'm going to laundry mat. At least the dryer still works

 

[raebates]

Congratulations! The Furry Guy is at an auction today hoping to purchase a dryer. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

 

[crissy11]

If you have the front end loader and it sounds like a airplane taking off then it is not balanced. Mine done that also and it was just a little bit off. A little bit makes a huge difference in the noise.

 

[pampchefrhondab]

Yes I got them from Sears.

I couldn't say it's fun to do laundry, but it is nice to keep up with it! My dryer has actually finished before some of my wash loads!

Mine is a top loader Cabrio by Whirlpool. It is a normal sound from what I read. It's not a loud sound, just sounds different when it spins because it is so fast!

I sure hope mine last more then 10 years, but I've heard they don't last like the old ones. I sure can't complain about getting almost 20 years out of my old ones. The dryer even still worked, but I wanted a pair that matched. They are on my main floor and I have to look at them all the time. If I had a closet to close them in or a basement to put them in I wouldn't care.

Tara I hope you can get a new washer soon - going to the laundry mat is not fun! It's really hard to decide what to get when you do decide to buy though!

 

[raebates]

The auction didn't work out. The Furry Guy is headed out to check out one to purchase at Rent-A-Center in Kokomo.

 

[pampchefrhondab]

I'm so sorry you couldn't use my gas dryer Rae! I ended up just having them haul it away so I didn't have to deal w/putting an ad in the paper, taking phone calls (my phone rings off the hook already), having people come look at it, etc. Not worth the money! Plus if I didn't sell it I would have to pay to get rid of it. We don't have a truck and our trash co. won't pick those things up! My husband is working 60-70 hours a week right now and I didn't want him to have to deal with it. Plus if I would have kept it I would have had to put it in the garage and then my husband wouldn't be able to get his car in - and in this weather that would not make him happy!

Let me know what you end up getting.

 

[PampMomof3]

I'm so sorry for you going to the laundry mat. My mom used to take us there and spend ALL day getting it done. I feel for ya!!

I have a washer and dryer that I'm trying to give away down here and I can't even give it away!!! Ugh!

 

[pampchefrhondab]

I have a washer and dryer that I'm trying to give away down here and I can't even give it away!!! Ugh!

This is why I just had them take my dryer - didn't want to deal w/it!

 

[raebates]

I'm so sorry you couldn't use my gas dryer Rae! I ended up just having them haul it away so I didn't have to deal w/putting an ad in the paper, taking phone calls (my phone rings off the hook already), having people come look at it, etc. Not worth the money! Plus if I didn't sell it I would have to pay to get rid of it. We don't have a truck and our trash co. won't pick those things up! My husband is working 60-70 hours a week right now and I didn't want him to have to deal with it. Plus if I would have kept it I would have had to put it in the garage and then my husband wouldn't be able to get his car in - and in this weather that would not make him happy!Let me know what you end up getting.

I'm sorry I couldn't use it, too. I don't blame you for not wanting to deal with selling or storing it. The Furry Guy came home with a 2007 Whirlpool. It looks like new and runs well--not bad for $125. In true Furry Guy fashion he'll be recycling the metal from the old dryer to help defray the cost of the new one.

 

[pampchefrhondab]

Great news Rae! If we had more time to deal w/the old we would have recycled them too - which is what they will do with them after they took them. My poor husband has just been leaving at 5 a.m. and returning at around 9 p.m. every day! I in turn have to deal w/everything at home w/3 teenagers!! I just couldn't deal w/one more thing!

 

[raebates]

Like I said, I don't blame you at all. There are times when you have to decide what's worth your time and effort and what isn't. This was definitely an "isn't."