I too used to be a GE fan. USED TO BE. The last GE product I had was a clothes washer. Same thing, circuit board. One fixed under warranty, the second one. . . . not fixed. Repairman had told me the circuit board was $200+. The washer was only $300 to start with.More appliance fun. GE Dishwasher died for the third time in 8 months. This time it's a control board, so time for a new unit. . . . . Oh, in stock doesn't mean HERE, it's at the Distribution Center,
I've read a number of articles about the reality of what the Administration's tariffs have done and you hit the two recurring bottom lines. (1) WE are paying higher prices and since the supply chain emptied, especially with COVID, (2) WE now have all sorts of shortages. The local Lowes stores in our area have now run out of the cheap Chinese brushes that I use to do fiberglass work, and that was after they increased the price by 20 cents. West Marine has also run out of some of the stainless hardware that sailboats depend on. A friend who runs a boat repair business has customers with big expensive boats out of the water because they can't find $10 parts that are made in China.I don't know what it's like in other parts of the country, but most appliances are getting very hard to find around here (east central Wisconsin). Good luck trying to find a refrigerator, freezer or dehumidifier, even TVs are getting hard to find in stock. One salesman blamed the tariffs another blamed the coronavirus. The tariffs added at least $100 to refrigerators and freezers. People hoarding food probably accounts for the shortages too. The housing market around here is absolutely crazy. People are standing in line to buy houses. I suppose they need new appliances.
Anyhow, I have had pretty good luck doing my own repairs on our appliances. There are lots of utube videos out there with some pretty good troubleshooting tips. I can usually find the repair parts online or at Amazon.
I hear you and think we are indeed in the new normal for a year or so till inflation kicks in because of all the new debt.I would love everything to go back to "normal". . . . but, I think this maybe the new, and permanent, "normal".
Of course you know. . . . it's very likely the exact same product. They're re-badging everything.I had to replace a Fridgidaire dehumidifier that crapped out recently. . . . It was from some off brand Chinese manufacturer. We'll see how long this one lasts. This new normal sucks.
Actually, with the kids needing to work and no providers we'd use, a lot of my time now goes to my new business called Grand Daddy Day Care. Haven't been to work my boat in weeks.Aren't you the busy little beaver. My projects are much smaller.
I suppose because slavery reparations are driven by the entitlement crowd, not by any real desire to do something positive about a real crisis. I don't think that's truly society in general, it's just being pushed by a vocal minority made up of entitlement and overly repentant thinkers. No one alive had anything to do with Black slavery in America or any other Western Country.So, to put this as delicately, and politically correct as possible. Why are we, society in general, worrying about slavery that occurred 155+/- years ago. . . . when we have slavery occurring in the here & now?