Black Friday shopping

[Marilyn]

Gayle, so glad you are getting your new washer and dryer!!!! I love my front loaders!!! They are wonderful. I have some of the first Whirlpool Duet's. With the drawer units to set them on. At the time, they were the top rated by Consumer Reports, but that was about 5 years ago, and there are lots more manufacturers making them, and lots more features than mine have. The washer door gasket on mine does get a bit moldy from time to time, but I just clean it with Clorox Cleanup once in a while and that solves the problem. A couple of times a sock got stuck behind the gasket and got moldy and smelled before I discovered the problem. If I leave the door open just a bit after finishing my laundry, the washer dries out better and the gasket doesn't get moldy. They just seal so much better than the top loaders, but they need to.

I do love the large capacity and I don't have to use nearly as much detergent. Overall, I'm very pleased with them. Made laundry much quicker and easier due to the capacity. Plus I can do quilts and large items at home, no more trips to the laundromat with those bigger items.

[DianaB]

Wow, Gayle, That's a GREAT price!!!! I got an LG brand front load washer and dryer. I love them......except I didn't buy the bases to raise them up and they are kinda' low to get clothes out of.......but I can have one made I just haven't done it. I wasn't going to pay an extra $200 a piece for them!!

I don't have any problems with mine sealing or smelling. I leave the door to the washer open all the time to keep it from smelling because I read that that was a big problem. The washer has a lot of features and it's so easy to operate. I find that I do use a lot of the features for different things. At the price you got the set I don't think that you can go wrong!!!

[Janet]

I always thought the front loaders would be so nice until I heard about the smell...never thought about leaving the door open so it could dry out good. Maybe someday...but right now...knock on wood....mine work just fine.

[paula1961]

Did you get the washer and dryer Gayle?

[gja1000]

It's not being delivered till December 17th. I wanted to be sure the floors were in before it was delivered. I didn't know they'd get put in so quickly!

[judy]

What a great deal Gayle!!! It's good that you were able to order it online too! Lesson learned, I guess. I do find that online shopping is much quicker and, if all goes well, easier.

The only thing is 1) I don't often get to see the product and 2) You would have lost out getting hailed on in Texas!

Good luck with the delivery!

Here's my online shopping story for the month: I have been looking for a nice wall cabinet for my living room. Going to town (Kingston) to search the stores doesn't pay because the department stores are small and not well stocked, especially with furniture. Homegoods has great stuff, but they don't deliver. I can handle bringing home an end table, but not a big piece of furniture.

I found a piece I liked at CSN.com, with free shipping. Ordered it, and got a delivery call from UPS telling me that they don't bring things down steps. My house is down a hill, and there are a lot of steps! I called CSN, they arranged inside delivery for an extra $40, got another call from UPS telling me that they will not bring it down the steps, a call from CSN asking me if I wanted cancel, and I canceled the order. I found another online store that advertised inside delivery for free and ordered it from them, for about the same price. Delivery company called, no problem with the steps, all set! Of course, when the delivery guy came, his papers said curbside deliver! Finally, I told him that I would give him a nice tip if he brought it inside for me. Inside it came, and he helped me open the box to inspect it. Whew!

CSN's customer service rep who I had been speaking to about this disappeared off the face of the earth when I requested my $40 delivery charge back. Another rep told me I would be responsible for the shipping of the furniture from UPS back to CSN. No way! I put in a claim with my credit card, faxed them some papers, and got a refund yesterday.

So, which is better...waiting online to be told there are no more, or online shopping with it's precarious endings?

[paula1961]

Very pretty cabinet Judy! I'm glad to hear that you got your money back too!


Gayle do you think maybe you could call and set up a quicker delivery date? I'm really glad that you got such a great buy on the set!