Comments on: Somewhere, Somehow, Someone Has Fashioned Little Voodoo Dolls of Our Kitchen Appliances http://blondemomblog.com/2007/07/02/somewhere-somehow-someone-has-fashioned-little-voodoo-dolls-of-our-kitchen-appliances/ just another manic mom day Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:41:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: k-mama http://blondemomblog.com/2007/07/02/somewhere-somehow-someone-has-fashioned-little-voodoo-dolls-of-our-kitchen-appliances/#comment-70353 k-mama Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:19:31 +0000 http://blondemomblog.com/2007/07/02/somewhere-somehow-someone-has-fashioned-little-voodoo-dolls-of-our-kitchen-appliances/#comment-70353 Yes. I work in a regional appliance retail store (small, not Lowe's/Home Depot size) and the quality of home appliances has dropped off dramatically in the 11 plus years I have worked there. The reason? I'm sorry, but its the Made in China/Made in Mexico cheap labor. Our jobs have left in droves to these "cheap" countries where they have poor quality. We receive appliances with no visible damage to the box but the appliance inside will be banged up and damaged. The parts are cheap, plastic, and not designed to hold up over 6-8 years. The days of the pride of "made in america" apparently are over. I blamed it on Clinton and NAFTA and had high high hopes for Bush to charge in on his white horse, reverse NAFTA and bring all the so, so important manufacturing and textile jobs back to the US. I now no longer have faith in any of our politicians to help. Oh, me, I must get down off my soapbox! Love your blog. Yes. I work in a regional appliance retail store (small, not Lowe’s/Home Depot size) and the quality of home appliances has dropped off dramatically in the 11 plus years I have worked there. The reason? I’m sorry, but its the Made in China/Made in Mexico cheap labor. Our jobs have left in droves to these “cheap” countries where they have poor quality. We receive appliances with no visible damage to the box but the appliance inside will be banged up and damaged. The parts are cheap, plastic, and not designed to hold up over 6-8 years. The days of the pride of “made in america” apparently are over. I blamed it on Clinton and NAFTA and had high high hopes for Bush to charge in on his white horse, reverse NAFTA and bring all the so, so important manufacturing and textile jobs back to the US. I now no longer have faith in any of our politicians to help. Oh, me, I must get down off my soapbox! Love your blog.

]]> By: Believer in Balance http://blondemomblog.com/2007/07/02/somewhere-somehow-someone-has-fashioned-little-voodoo-dolls-of-our-kitchen-appliances/#comment-70225 Believer in Balance Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:14:59 +0000 http://blondemomblog.com/2007/07/02/somewhere-somehow-someone-has-fashioned-little-voodoo-dolls-of-our-kitchen-appliances/#comment-70225 We were in appliance meltdown last year and my hubby thought we'd save time and effort by ordering new ones online from Sears.com. The worst nightmare ever!!!! The website kept messing up what was in our cart, after we spent hours reviewing the features of every fridge, dishwasher and stove. They didn't give us the discount as advertised. They kept cancelling the delivery date. When they finally arrive, the guy says stainless shows all the fingerprints and our fridge is so small! Our freezer is tiny and has no light. The good news...we paid a small fortune for the privilege! We were in appliance meltdown last year and my hubby thought we’d save time and effort by ordering new ones online from Sears.com. The worst nightmare ever!!!! The website kept messing up what was in our cart, after we spent hours reviewing the features of every fridge, dishwasher and stove. They didn’t give us the discount as advertised. They kept cancelling the delivery date. When they finally arrive, the guy says stainless shows all the fingerprints and our fridge is so small! Our freezer is tiny and has no light. The good news…we paid a small fortune for the privilege!

]]> By: Dawn K http://blondemomblog.com/2007/07/02/somewhere-somehow-someone-has-fashioned-little-voodoo-dolls-of-our-kitchen-appliances/#comment-70033 Dawn K Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:24:49 +0000 http://blondemomblog.com/2007/07/02/somewhere-somehow-someone-has-fashioned-little-voodoo-dolls-of-our-kitchen-appliances/#comment-70033 We actually have a $6,000 refrigerator. $1,000 for the fridge we bought when we moved into our new house and $5,000 for a new kitchen floor when the ice maker leaked because the installation guys would not crawl under the house to hook it up properly. That was our experience with Sears. That was after we couldn't get anyone to help us at Lowes or Home Depot. Maybe this is it for a while, she said encouragingly. We actually have a $6,000 refrigerator. $1,000 for the fridge we bought when we moved into our new house and $5,000 for a new kitchen floor when the ice maker leaked because the installation guys would not crawl under the house to hook it up properly. That was our experience with Sears. That was after we couldn’t get anyone to help us at Lowes or Home Depot.

Maybe this is it for a while, she said encouragingly.

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