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From: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: dishwashers:   recommendations?
Message-ID: <689@grkermi.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 26-Oct-85 12:33:58 EST
Article-I.D.: grkermi.689
Posted: Sat Oct 26 12:33:58 1985
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Reply-To: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers)
Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass.
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In article <4600001@hplsla.UUCP> danz@hplsla.UUCP (danz) writes:
>This came up a bit ago . . . but, oh well, here we go again . . .

You said it!

>We now have a General Electric (came with the house we bought) which is
>just adequate.  Better than HotPoint, but I wouldn't write home to mom
>about it . . .

We have a GE dishwasher - the next-to-bottom of the line - and it works
just fine... never had to resort to the "Pot Scrubber" cycle even when
plates had sat for a while.

>...My in-laws (yup, still on speaking terms) have a KitchenAid that's so
>old the racks are rusting away (about 10 years old) and it'll beat
>General Electric like a Corvette will beat a bicycle.

Then why did Consumer Reports rate the GE higher?  (Oh, I know... they
take bribes from the manufacturers... :-) )  In my opinion, KA has been on a
steady slide downhill ever since whoever-it-was bought out Hobart, and have
been coasting on their reputation ever since!  Bet your in-laws' 10-year-old
KA will beat a brand new KA!

AWR


PS: If KA products are so great, then why do their garbage disposals live up
to the first part of the name?  We bought one on the recommendation of
the local appliance dealer - paid $220 for it, and it didn't work as
well as the 15-year-old Sears Kenmore we were replacing!