On 2015-06-28, Dave Smith > wrote:

> It's a shame that so many brands once considered to be reliable have
> dropped their standards. I had bought a number of Maytag appliances
> based on previous high ratings. I was seriously disappointed in them.

They're all junk, now. It's called planned obsolescence. We were
playing with it, but the Japanese showed us how to perfect it.

Even a simple garden hoe is now junk. Went to my local True Value and
all their garden hoes used only two itty-bitty spot welds to hold the
blade to the right-angle arm. Went next door to the Tractor Supply
and their garden hoes had a full arc weld bead. Granted, it was a
crappy Chinese weld, but it hadda be better than the wimpy Chinese
spot welds. I hope.

nb