On 2015-10-16 12:27 PM, Janet wrote:

>> The repairman who serviced our washing machine last week said the
>> machine was 8 years old, though I thought we had bought only 4-5 years
>> ago. It was a $350 repair. ;-(
>
> Poor economics to sink that much money into an 8 yr old machine that's
> starting to fail. Soon something else will break and you'll either, say
> goodbye to the 350 you just spent, or pay through the nose again to fix
> it.
> Far better sense would be to put your money into a new machine.
>

The machine was working great, but the problem was with the door, and it
is a front loading machine. We made do with the broken handle, but the
real problem was the broken door latch and lock. The repairman thought
the latch and lock problems were due to uneven pressure when opening and
closing because of the broken handle.