Prices on good quality dishwashers have gone up 20 percent in the past 6 months.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 6:14 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Our new top of the line Bosch dishwasher we ordered 2 months ago is > supposed to be delivered this week. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 19, 2020, at 5:03 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
