You Get What You Pay For
September 28th, 2006 by Grant in: Rental PropertyNo matter how many times I’ve heard it, no matter how many times I’ve said it, every once in a while I have one of those “Doohhh” moments that reaffirms my faith in the saying:
“You get what you pay for.”
Once thought dead, the saga of the washer and dryer for my rental unit lives on.
Yesterday I got an email from one of the students in my rental stating the dryer was burning his clothes and ripping the buttons off his shirts. In a previous investigation, I found the dryer drum was not turning true on the spindle and created a gap between the drum and the casing. Long story short, his clothes were ending up in the gap and having holes rubbed in them. He also noticed buttons were missing from his shirts…
You might remember that I found a heck of a deal in a refurbished washer/dryer pair, and picked up both pieces for under $300. No warrantee of course. With a service call running $49, then parts, labor, headache, aggravation…. You’re almost better off buying a new one when it breaks.
That’s what I did, and that’s what I should have done in the first place.
A trip to Home Depot and a couple hours later, I can rest easy knowing that the next phone call won’t be for dryer issues.
You buy ‘em books, and you buy ‘em books, and all they do is eat the covers…
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September 29th, 2006 at 10:42 am
I must have good washer/dryer karma, although in general i totally agree with you. I once bought a washer and dryer used for $100 (for my first house). They worked perfectly and no problems. For house #2, there was an ancient dryer, that worked beautifully, and still is (it’s now the rental house)! In current house, theres an ancient washing maching. It’s got to be 40 years old. Serious. Works great!!
Sorry guess this is obnoxious on my part to talk about my great luck, but yes in general I totally agree with you!
September 29th, 2006 at 6:16 pm
Sheeesh, some people have all the luck!
I think the older models seem to last longest, probably because they are more mechanical than electrical. The new washer and dryer I bought for my permanent residence worked great for 1.5 years, and then some soft of circuit board had to be replaced because of static buildup… The repair guy said he saw this same problem a lot on new models.
I even bought that dryer because it DIDN’T have all the fancy electrical stuff, and I still fried a computer board…
All I can say is, if you find a pair that doesn’t let you down, hold on to it!
-Grant