"Motocrossed" wrote in message
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We are the 3rd owners in this 8 year old development house. I have
never liked the standard builder issued dishwasher, it is very loud,
you have to excessively rinse dishes before putting in machine and the
racks are all chipped (rubberized coating peeling off). I really had
no intention of replacing unitl I came across a $580 Consumer reports
top rated Kenmore for $245. Has all the features, adjustable rack,
water shoots from back so more space on bottom rack and has built in
food grinder disposer and is rated very quiet. I bought it and my wife
freaked out, said ours still working and I am wasting money. I tried
to explain that because it is energy star complient it will pay for
itself in less then two years with the energy savings and if I waited
for it to break down, I would end up paying top dollar to replace it.
I said I was being pro-active, she says I am foolish, am I?

Read this group for a few days, and you will see the acronym, SWMBO. She Who
Must Be Obeyed. In the case of an impulse purchase of a dishwasher, the
answer is probably somewhere in the middle- I doubt the payback will be as
short as a couple of years, but the PITA factor of a flood and a emergency
purchase, and perhaps an overtime plumber (if it turns out to be too weird
to switch out yourself), are worth something too. But all that is water
under the dam at this point- if it was on sale you probably can't return it
anyway, especially if it is uncrated or has had water through it. So grovel
a bit, say 'Yes Dear', install it, and start leaving catalogs laying around
for stuff she likes. (And for future reference, most females regard the
kitchen as 'their' space, even if they hate cooking. Old social traditions
like that die hard. She is likely mad because she wasn't involved, as much
as about the money.)

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