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bobbi

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Hi folks, Finally found a Maytag suds saver last evening on CL. It's with a dealer who says he has reconditioned it. He provided a crappy picture in which I cannot see anything, so I've requested more pics. Here is the listing: http://pennstate.craigslist.org/app/5403286901.html
He will send some better pics this evening. I asked how old it was and all he could say is that it is modern. If all looks ok in the pics, we will make a trip tomorrow to inspect closer. What should we be on the lookout for? Is there anything, especially that I could check with him on now before a long trip, that would make this a no go?

Thanks for any help you can offer!

http://pennstate.craigslist.org/app/5403286901.html
 
He probably uses that same photo for whichever washer he might be advertising.  I see that a lot from dealers on my local CL.

 

Such laziness would make me skeptical that the machine had been refurbished, or if so, to what degree and whether it was done properly.

 

$250 is a very inflated price.  If he won't offer a money back guarantee (as opposed to a limited warranty that would likely provide questionable repairs at best) I would suggest you "deleaver" yourself from making any deal with him for that machine.

 

 
 
OK, thanks so much for the replies so far. I will proceed with caution. I did ask him what he replaced on it since he said he reconditioned it, to which he has still not replied. Yes, his written grammar leaves much to be desired. He speaks just fine though.
Rp2813 - where should the price be? I researched and can't find anything similar to gauge price.
We know to look carefully at the condition of belts and hoses. Is there anything else that we should examine closely if we do end up going to look at it?
 
Well, no pics were provided last night or this morning. Now he says maybe this evening he can provide some. Saturday is the only day we have time to make a road trip like this. He doesn't seem to be too interested in making the sale. Would you just pass on this?
 
best thing is to keep looking around....Ebay, Craigslist, etc.....

what exactly are you looking for?

what caught your interest, that it was a Maytag?, a sudssaver?....

age?, color?, specific model?

keep an eye on shoppers square as well......many members post ads they find, who knows what may turn up....many treasures have been found through the help of others....
 
Looks like a late '60s one-speed, but standard capacity and not a suds saver.  Nice clean machine though.

 

I had to remove the "s" from https to get to the ad via Google.  Strange, because up until this week, I was having to manually remove that "s" from anything I pasted into the "URL Link to share" field, but now when I access CL, it's just "http" and there's no little padlock icon anymore. 

 

I don't know if it's the gremlins at MS or CL, but it would be nice if they were better at notification.
 
We ended up passing on it.

We've been watching for at least a year, albeit sometimes sporadically, for a suds saver, any brand, or a larger "modern" twin tub. It wasn't a pressing matter until now. Our Samsung bit the dust on Thursday. Anyhow, does anyone recommend a certain brand or have other recommendations on either?

I use a wringer washer that we rescued from a salvage yard. While I love it for washing and saving water, it's not so good at extraction. I only hang my laundry to dry, no dryer. I don't want one. I've been using my Samsung FL to do the rinse and extraction. So things just got kind of urgent.

On a whim yesterday, after we decided to pass on this CL seller, we called around to our local used appliance dealers. One says he has Maytag suds saver in his warehouse. He said they don't put stuff like that on their showroom floor, because no one ever asks for them anymore. He is going to check the condition and test it this week for us. Hopefully this one fits the bill, but we'd like a plan B just in case. I will look closer at the washers you guys have posted when I get a chance. Headed to the laundromat now....Thanks for your help!
 
well, you sort of have the makings of a suds saver with the wringer.....

at this point, any machine would work, but you will have to keep an eye on first and second drainings.....

save the wash water in the wringer, and pump the water back to your automatic....let the rinse water go down the drain.....

done this many times in the past.......

A Whirlpool/Kenmore direct drive would fit your bill for the most part......

although preference for a vintage machine would be more fun

where in PA are you located?
 
Yogitunes - I am located about an hour north of Harrisburg, partway between Harrisburg and State College.

It looks like our Plan B washing machine may fizzle into nothing. We have a few more local appliance dealers to contact yet, and if nothing materializes, then I will take your advice and try to find a "regular" washing machine. I have to do something very soon.

Just to let you know, Yogitunes...I had originally posted about locating a suds saver back in 07/14, and you provided some good advice, which ended up being exactly what I did with my wringer and FL. I just wasn't planning on my FL crapping out on me before I was able to located a suds saver.

Finally, an update on the original suds saver CL I had posted about is to follow....
 
Goatfarmer - I wrote him off because he just kept putting off getting pictures to us. He had a chance to save a sale by getting pictures to us ASAP.

Yes, you are QUITE a piece down the road from us...LOL!
 
Hi Goatfarmer. Thank you for offering, but I've found a regular top loader, which I will use in tandem with my wringer washer.

Yogitunes - I have given up on the suds saver as I am out of time and desperately needed to do something. I have followed your advice yet again. Yesterday my husband and I found a Kenmore 90 Series. It's a direct drive. We put everything into action this morning, draining suds from the first load in the automatic over to the wringer. Then we just washed all loads in there, and did all rinsing and spinning in the automatic. I am used to doing all the rinsing in a FL, so I'm a bit shocked at the water usage for just rinsing. This Kenmore can hold twice as much water as my wringer.
Anyway, thank you for all your guidance. We greatly appreciate it!
 
where there's a will, there's a way.....

glad you got something to fill your needs for the moment, this will get you through, eventually you will find the exact machine you want....seems we never find it when were looking, once you stop, it will pop up....

yeah, those direct drives have a huge tub.....

my aunt does her laundry with a similar setup, both are Maytags.....your true savings are using the hot/warm water for washing and reuse, and cold for rinsing....

one added benefit in your method compared to an automatic suds saver, the wash water doesn't have time to cool down....

some of us have automatic machines lined up, and transfer the wash water to the next machine along the line....its a matter of what works best for you....
 
If you have a laundry sink, drain simply get a submersible pump for $30-$50 and put a short piece of hose on it. After the washer drains and fills the sink, simply put the hose in the washer and plug in the pump.

This way you don't have to worry about which washer you want to use.

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Ohhh...that's a great idea, delaneymeegan. I do not have a laundry sink, nor room for one either. For now, I am just starting laundry in the automatic, spinning out the wash water over to the wringer, and finishing all washing in wringer. Then all rinsing is done in the automatic. I do not see my current setup as my permanent solution, but it works for now.

I think for my wants and needs, the ultimate washing machine is the Easy Spindrier and similar washers, or the Simplicity Twin Tub. Seems to be the ultimate "green" laundry set up to minimize water usage and maximize savings on hot water. But that setup doesn't save a lot of time...unless I were to have two going at once (!) - one washing, one rinsing. Hmmm....maybe a twin tub wringer with a modern spinner extractor?! Oh man, I need a bigger laundry room. :D

I have to say that it seems to me that neither my FL or TL seems to clean as well as my Whirlpool wringer.
 
"glad you got something to fill your needs for the moment, this will get you through,
one added benefit in your method compared to an automatic suds saver, the wash water doesn't have time to cool down....

some of us have automatic machines lined up, and transfer the wash water to the next machine along the line....its a matter of what works best for you...."

Yogitunes - Doing it this way, the water does have some time to cool down. Today I was going to keep spinning the wash water back and forth from automatic to wringer, but there's about 30 minutes between loads that way. I have to wait for the rinse and spin cycle, then I hang all my laundry to dry so it must be removed and shaken out piece by piece. So I just spun wash water over to the wringer at the first load, and kept washing with that. I'll figure out something eventually. Thanks for your input.
 
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