I was simply aghast when I walked through Lowe’s the other day and I didn’t see a refrigerator in one aisle for less than $2k. That’s nuts.
-D > On Oct 19, 2020, at 5:58 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > My brother-in-law is building a new place. They went to Lowes or Home Depot, > I forget which, for appliances and were told some sob story, can't get > appliances until January. They'd like to move in by November... > > Then they tried a local appliance place, they had everything in stock, > delivered 2 days later, saved something like $2500 over the big box store > price. > > -Curt > > On Friday, October 16, 2020, 9:33:41 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > For what it’s worth, I was wondering about the chatter about new appliances > being unobtanium due to everyone staying home with the pandemic. Our new > house had no appliances even though they were on the description, so we > negotiated $3k off the price. The builder said they can’t get stuff fast > enough and they were having to credit people back at closings because they > couldn’t get the appliances for the homes fast enough. > > I was at Lowe’s the other day and it was pretty slow, so I walked through the > appliance department and spoke to one of the sales people. > > Long story short, they can get appliances. It’s hit or miss, and if there’s a > particular model you want and they don’t have it, it’s a roll of the dice > when or if it will ever show up. They had a pretty decent selection of stuff > across all price ranges and said that if they’ve got it in the store or > warehouse you can have it in a day or two. > > So I guess as long as you’re not stuck on a particular model and can be > flexible, there are appliances to be had. I specifically asked about Bosch > dishwashers, and she said they had plenty of them but not all models. > > -D > > > On Oct 16, 2020, at 5:23 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > > > Well the new LG washer ate its drain pump. Lasted a couple years max. Of > > course it probably did 5 million loads of Laundry during that time. I > > wonder if it has a load counter on it. > > > > LG has only one warehouse and its in AL. So we are without a washer until > > next week. Kind of unbelievable given they sell the machines at Home Depot. > > I should have just bought a pump on amazon prime. > > > > On Thu, May 28, 2020, 8:51 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > > >> I've got an old coffee can, pot, jug, whatever you call a plastic thing > >> that once held a couple pounds of coffee. In that I separated the acid into > >> plastic sandwich bags so that if the humidity got to one it would only ruin > >> that bag. The whole thing is in the basement which is the worst humidity > >> room in the house ;) > >> Frankly I expected it to, as you say, fuse into a solid block but after 7 > >> or 8 years (closer to 8 I think) its still fine. > >> -Curt > >> > >> On Thursday, May 28, 2020, 10:46:28 AM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > >> > >> Exactly. It’s cheap and does the job, and I don’t have to mess with > >> storing a big tub of it. Around here there’s a good chance it would > >> solidify into a giant block if not tightly sealed due to the humidity. > >> > >> -D > >> > >>> On May 28, 2020, at 10:41 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com > >>> <mailto:curtlud...@yahoo.com>> wrote: > >>> > >>> I bought 5# of citric acid on Amazon for like $20, 7 or 8 years ago for > >> cleaning lantern founts. A teaspoon full in a gallon of water makes a good > >> de-rusting agent. Ought to clean your washer too as the active ingredient > >> in your lemonade is citric acid. > >>> > >>> -Curt > >>> > >>> On Thursday, May 28, 2020, 9:36:34 AM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> Karl, > >>> > >>> I get the boxes of 10 “sticks” of sugar free lemonade mix at WalMart and > >> use 5 of them in the washing machine. I’ve got a top loader that has a “tub > >> clean” mode, so I dump them in the tub, shut the lid and turn it to that. A > >> couple hours later it’s done and the insides are now lemony fresh! > >>> > >>> I do the same in the Bosch dishwasher, too. > >>> > >>> -D > >>> > >>>> On May 26, 2020, at 12:00 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >> <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> How many scoops per load? And how much goes in the radiator? > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, May 25, 2020, 9:52 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >> <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>>> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I buy generic “Kool-Aid” lemonade and use it to run cleaning cycles > >> on the > >>>>> dishwasher and washing machine. > >>>>> > >>>>> -D > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> <http://www.okiebenz.com/><http://www.okiebenz.com/ > >>> <http://www.okiebenz.com/>> > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/>< > >> http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/>> > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>< > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>> > > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
