Giving up on my Maytag A606

[ryner1988]

Had this post been written today...

I feel like the original author might have felt more compelled to keep trying with the old Maytag, or might have paid really whatever they had to so someone would come do the repairs. At the time when this was written, 2012, Whirlpool direct drives had very recently stopped production, and the switch to VMW and other high-efficiency designs was well underway, but there were still many, many traditional top loaders available. People weren't as desperate to hang onto their old appliances when they could still get something like a Speed Queen with dial controls, or even a really good Whirlpool direct drive machine. Heck, even if this person would have wanted to stick closer to what they had, they could have probably found a used 12 series Maytag from the 80's. That is not the case these days. I think people are really working to keep their old top loaders in service as long as they absolutely can now, as in, they are much less willing to sell or scrap them then they were even a few years ago, because there just aren't good options to replace them with unless one wants to get a front loader, which is out of budget for many.

Times sure have changed in 10 years.

 

[good-shepherd]

I wonder why they left?

Well, for one reason if you're inactive on the site for a certain length of time your profile and user name gets deleted.

I had to start over again a few years ago.

 

[maytag85]

Reply #40

Makes sense. I usually try to be as active as much as possible but if there aren’t any interesting threads or not much going on, I usually won’t post. If I posted just for the sake of posting, my comments/posts wouldn’t be as interesting to read nor would they sound all that great.

 

[ryner1988]

I think as long as you log on every now and then that's enough to keep your account active. I went like 5 whole years without posting but I still hopped on to read occasionally.