On 5/2/2021 1:39 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:

> Tenants need to be sent to a laundramat... washers fail due to abuse,
> typically overloading... no tenant will treat appliances like their
> own.
> And there is nothing wrong with buying used reconditioned
> appliances... they are typically better than new, appliance stores
> take in used appliances all day every day and they know which to
> recondition and which to scrap. Very often people buy new appliances
> because they have to nave the latest to show off, often their old
> applaince is superior to new, just needs a very minor tuneup... may
> only need a new belt... $30 vs $1,500.
>

We had a used appliance dealer in town. Some of the stuff was decent but
the one big appeal was $5 down and $5 a week. For many, the only way to
have a washer or refrigerator.