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This has been a shitty week for appliances in my home.
Thanksgiving week my 4 year old Maytag Atlantis took a dump. I found out the tub was seized and it caused the motor to run thereby melting the nylon pulley. Since the pully was turning, the belt also had a huge worn spot in it.
Just my luck you can't just buy the pulley. You have to buy the whole motor assembly for $135 plus tax/shipping. The belt is a paltry $25 plus tax/shipping.
So, I'm into the machine for $180 and that doesn't even address the reason it went south in the first place. I could spend upwards of $300 on it just to have a working 4 year old machine that the transmission or water pump could go out at any time.
Screw that.
I decided to get a new one on Monday since there were some great sales going in.
I checked the major retailers and found a Maytag Cabrio (commercial grade) washer normally $800 for $500 at Lowes. I found one in stock at the Lowe's on Eastchase/30. I bought it online and went to pick it up (guaranteed 20 minute pick up). I went to customer service, presented my printed reciept and the gal went to the back. 15 minutes later she was MIA, so I went to the appliance section. She was on the phone so I asked another guy what the problem was. He said that they didn't have any in stock. I'm like "WTF??" It showed you had one in stock, and I bought it, my printout shows that. He said that the inventory didn't match what was online.
Great.
So, they cancelled the order. I asked if another Lowe's had one, and he said yes. There was a store that has 6 in stock.
In Granbury.
So, I went home to pick up kids at 4 pm, and after dropping them off at 4:30, made the 1.25 hour trek to Granbury via FM roads. Once I got there, my washer was waiting on me, and I was outta there in 10 minutes. Great! I drove the 1.25 hours home and got it unloaded. I was hungry as could be, but I wanted to get the thing installed.
That's where things went bad. I freaking cross threaded the water inlet valve (they are so intelligently made of plastic now). I muscled it on thinking I could make it work. When I turned on the water, it was like I was at Niagra Falls with water was shooting every direction.
I turned it off, and disconnected everything.
Now I'm mad at myself for rushing it. I get online and find that the part is about $80.
Tuesday morning I start calling around and nobody has it today. I have to order it from U-Fix-It on Westmoreland and I20. I paid over the phone and it was about $75.
Awesome, I'm digging into my hooker/blow fund.
So, yesterday I get the call at noon that the part is in. I drive over and pick it up. I get to the house and the install goes flawless thanks to a Youtube video showing the replacement on my model of machine.
I start doing some catch up laundry and this new 4.0 cubic foot washer is pretty damn cool. I throw the last load into the dryer and hit the sack thinking all is well in the world..
Until I get up and the clothes in the dryer are still wet. I run the dryer and there is ZERO heat.
FABULOUS!
Dryers are easy-peasy, so I disassemble it and sure enough there is a break in the heating element coil. I call U-Fix-It and luckily THOSE are in stock so for another $70 I can get another one. I run over today and pick it up and get it put back together. It gave me an excuse to clean out around the machine, it's surprising how much lint can get everywhere. While I had the dryer out, I fired up the 210mph leaf blower and blew out the exhaust. Now my roof has lint everywhere.
So, the moral of the story is I was screwed this week. I sure hope you guys had a better one.
Thanksgiving week my 4 year old Maytag Atlantis took a dump. I found out the tub was seized and it caused the motor to run thereby melting the nylon pulley. Since the pully was turning, the belt also had a huge worn spot in it.
Just my luck you can't just buy the pulley. You have to buy the whole motor assembly for $135 plus tax/shipping. The belt is a paltry $25 plus tax/shipping.
So, I'm into the machine for $180 and that doesn't even address the reason it went south in the first place. I could spend upwards of $300 on it just to have a working 4 year old machine that the transmission or water pump could go out at any time.
Screw that.
I decided to get a new one on Monday since there were some great sales going in.
I checked the major retailers and found a Maytag Cabrio (commercial grade) washer normally $800 for $500 at Lowes. I found one in stock at the Lowe's on Eastchase/30. I bought it online and went to pick it up (guaranteed 20 minute pick up). I went to customer service, presented my printed reciept and the gal went to the back. 15 minutes later she was MIA, so I went to the appliance section. She was on the phone so I asked another guy what the problem was. He said that they didn't have any in stock. I'm like "WTF??" It showed you had one in stock, and I bought it, my printout shows that. He said that the inventory didn't match what was online.
Great.
So, they cancelled the order. I asked if another Lowe's had one, and he said yes. There was a store that has 6 in stock.
In Granbury.
So, I went home to pick up kids at 4 pm, and after dropping them off at 4:30, made the 1.25 hour trek to Granbury via FM roads. Once I got there, my washer was waiting on me, and I was outta there in 10 minutes. Great! I drove the 1.25 hours home and got it unloaded. I was hungry as could be, but I wanted to get the thing installed.
That's where things went bad. I freaking cross threaded the water inlet valve (they are so intelligently made of plastic now). I muscled it on thinking I could make it work. When I turned on the water, it was like I was at Niagra Falls with water was shooting every direction.
I turned it off, and disconnected everything.
Now I'm mad at myself for rushing it. I get online and find that the part is about $80.
Tuesday morning I start calling around and nobody has it today. I have to order it from U-Fix-It on Westmoreland and I20. I paid over the phone and it was about $75.
Awesome, I'm digging into my hooker/blow fund.
So, yesterday I get the call at noon that the part is in. I drive over and pick it up. I get to the house and the install goes flawless thanks to a Youtube video showing the replacement on my model of machine.
I start doing some catch up laundry and this new 4.0 cubic foot washer is pretty damn cool. I throw the last load into the dryer and hit the sack thinking all is well in the world..
Until I get up and the clothes in the dryer are still wet. I run the dryer and there is ZERO heat.
FABULOUS!
Dryers are easy-peasy, so I disassemble it and sure enough there is a break in the heating element coil. I call U-Fix-It and luckily THOSE are in stock so for another $70 I can get another one. I run over today and pick it up and get it put back together. It gave me an excuse to clean out around the machine, it's surprising how much lint can get everywhere. While I had the dryer out, I fired up the 210mph leaf blower and blew out the exhaust. Now my roof has lint everywhere.
So, the moral of the story is I was screwed this week. I sure hope you guys had a better one.
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