[MBZ] Microwaves and PD WAS:more 140 ignorance

2010-12-19 Thread Dieselhead
I was looking for a MW oven 25 years ago, and when I asked about reliability, the guy at the store said that none of the touchpad ovens last long, as the touchpads fail. He said he had one Litton left with a dial timer. He deemed that machine as the most reliable available. It still works

Re: [MBZ] Microwaves and PD

2010-12-19 Thread Jim Cathey
I was looking for a MW oven 25 years ago, and when I asked about reliability, the guy at the store said that none of the touchpad ovens last long, as the touchpads fail. He said he had one Litton left with a dial timer. He deemed that machine as the most reliable available. It still works

Re: [MBZ] Microwaves and PD WAS:more 140 ignorance

2010-12-19 Thread Allan Streib
Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com writes: I was looking for a MW oven 25 years ago, and when I asked about reliability, the guy at the store said that none of the touchpad ovens last long, as the touchpads fail. He said he had one Litton left with a dial timer. He deemed that machine as the

Re: [MBZ] Microwaves and PD WAS:more 140 ignorance

2010-12-19 Thread Gary Hurst
yeah, goldstar is LG. back in the 80s, goldstar was considered the bottom of the heap. amazing how far korean product has come On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.eduwrote: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com writes: I was looking for a MW oven 25 years ago, and

Re: [MBZ] Microwaves and PD

2010-12-19 Thread Mountain Man
Jim wrote: These are the 123 diesels of the microwave world, IMHO. I dread the day when I'm forced to get a newer one. Just like our cars! My W123 doesn't go 'ding.' OT - I know a guy in Spokane - he says he is busy busy - he does survey work and says investors are buying property like

Re: [MBZ] Microwaves and PD

2010-12-19 Thread Jim Cathey
OT - I know a guy in Spokane - he says he is busy busy - he does survey work and says investors are buying property like crazy. Are you seeing that type of stuff in your area also? Not so that I would notice. But then, why would I? There's a fair amount of overpriced real estate on the market

Re: [MBZ] Microwaves and PD

2010-12-19 Thread E M
As the saying goes, you can ask whatever you want for something, but it's only worth what someone is willing to pay you for it. 300E On 19 December 2010 14:52, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote: OT - I know a guy in Spokane - he says he is busy busy - he does survey work and says

Re: [MBZ] Microwaves and PD

2010-12-19 Thread Dieselhead
Those microwaves were designed and built in Amana, thus the name. The Amana radarrange was i think the first microwave mass produced for home use. Mine was sent to the thrift store because it had no glass tray. I know I paid more for a new tray than I did for the oven, but it is much nicer