LABBOY: I have no idea what's in the vending machine in term of HE or regular detergent.
ALR2903: Real-world updates. I don't reside where those machines are located but I will ask my friend to be on the lookout for down-time/ repairs/ out-of-order signs.
PETESKI50: Don't know if it takes forever, but the timer does not appear to keep moving as it gets ready to spin, so it MAY take a year and a day.........
MTN1584: Hi Mike. Previously there were two front-landing Wascomats and a slew of top-loading Speed Queens. Yah the drying yard is in the back and you are so right it is an older style garden apartment complex. The complex is in eastern Queens, so technically it is in New York City, but not far from the Long Island border. AS much as I want to hate foreign intruders in our major appliance market, I find it hard to dislike the LGs.
Methinks the USA appliance manufacturers were better off before they devoured and destroyed domestic competitors to achieve greater market-share. The vacuum apparently was filled with foreigners. And now they have to compete with novel ideas, innovation quality and energy consciousness.
Now if Europe was smart they'd get their price down(and sizes/capacities up) to reasonable levels for us and they'd flood our market in my opinion.