Yup always buy local. Boycott big boxes. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI
On Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 6:09 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.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> 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> 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> 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> > 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> 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>> 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>> > >>>> 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/> > >>> > >>> 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 > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
