"Bruce" > wrote in message
T...
> In article >, gravesend10
> @verizon.net says...
>>
>> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 18:18:43 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> On 8/9/2016 7:46 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> "notbob" > wrote in message
>> >>> ...
>> >>>> My buddy, a pro carpenter among other things, got me a used GE
>> >>>> Profile
>> >>>> over-stove mounted microwave/convection oven. Took us an hour and a
>> >>>> half
>> >>>> to remove old one and install the GE. Guess what. Didn't work!
>> >>>>
>> >>>> He thought it did, as the panel lit up, turntable turned, etc.
>> >>>> But!.... damned if the magnatron wasn't shorting out to the
>> >>>> revolving
>> >>>> turntable post. BIG BLUE arcs! And, it was almost brand new!
>> >>>> Whatta
>> >>>> waste.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> So, we gotta un-install it and take it back to the RE-Store (Habitat
>> >>>> fer Humanity 2nd hand store) fer a different one. Bottom line:
>> >>>> thoroughly check the unit before purchasing it!!!
>> >>>>
>> >>>> nb
>> >>>
>> >>> OK, I'm not all that up on electric things, how do you test it before
>> >>> purchasing it second hand?
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheri
>> >>
>> >> Plug it in and try heating a cup of water. RE-store sells mostly
>> >> surplus
>> >> or good used stuff but someone used it to get rid of broken junk.
>> >
>> >They have the ability to do that at the second hand store? If so, yes
>> >that
>> >would be a good idea.
>> >
>> >Cheri
>>
>>
>> Gotta be nuts to pay more than $5 for a used microwave oven. Even if
>> it worked with used stuff it may only work now and again and soon die.
>> I wouldn't buy small appliances second hand. Microwave ovens are
>> rather inexpensive nowadays, I'd buy new, I'd want one with a
>> warranty... then if they last that first year they are good for at
>> least ten more years.
>

Walmart has some little ones on sale now for around $25. They come in
colors! Even red ones. I only saw them online though. Didn't look at the
particulars as I don't need one now but heck, should maybe get one anyway.
They're not usually that cheap. Now is the time to buy such things because
they are on sale for dorms.
> Because microwave ovens never stop working in their second, third,
> fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, nineth, tenth or eleventh year.