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5z378 (Paweber02) wrote in
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"Fred" wrote in message
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I hear you about that. Typical plantation-minded company best I can
tell.

One good thing about them.... they bought one of our major competitors
a couple of years ago. Now our company spends over half the time
fixing
their
products in the field and the other time replacing them!!

GE used to make really top notch stuff, sometime back in the 70's though
they started getting cheaper and at some point they passed a point of no
return. Today for the most part, GE is junk, the once renowned name is
forever tarnished.

Like "Kennedy", eh?

GE Appliances don't have the longevity they once had. For about 40 years
their washing machines were easy to fix and reliable. Now they aren't as
good. My parents had a 1956 washer that lasted until they died in 1990.
The pump was replaced a few times, the fill valve a once or twice, but it
just kept running. We threw it out because no one wanted it, not because
it didn't work. That same basic design was used from at least 1956 until
1994.

r

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