Maytag honors a couple's 1967 Maytag set...

[redcarpetdrew]

Whirlpool WISHES they had a current washer and dryer that would make it this long... Offered them a new set and the old couple declined saying theirs still worked fine! Priceless!!!
How many of us have working sets older than that?

RCD

http://pahomepage.com/content/video/?cid=96882

 

[kqkenmore]

could someone on this forum send that couple a new lint filter there's is cracked other wise the washer and dryer looks fine.Probally washes better than the new junk out there.

 

[appnut]

Would someone le me borrow a set that's around a 1961 to 1959 set? Maybe that will get Clay Jackson to come visit ME!!! woof!!!

 

[pierreandreply4]

i think that they did well to decline a new washer and dryer set i know that my grand mother still have her inglis libarator dryer and her dryer is older than her washer if a washer and dryer set maytag or other brands still work well why replace them.

 

[pulsator]

If they had asked me if I wanted a new set, they would have gotten a very different answer! I probably would have told them where to shove it! HA! I have really got to get a Maytag!

 

[maytaga407]

I would have taken a new set if maytag would have build it. Not Whirl/Tag

 

[frigilux]

A sweet human interest story. Think of all the stops the Maytag man would have to make if he visited everyone at AW with vintage Maytags.

 

[autowasherfreak]

I would have declined too. I agree with Earl, if they were genuine Maytag, maybe I would have considered a new set. Why fix it if it isn't broke. I've been using my Maytag all this week and only used the Frigidaire for some comforters that were to big for for Missy Maytag.

 

[twintubdexter]

What did that lady say? "We goteminupiniemna at Sugarman's," is that some Lackawannakanna local dialect? That Maytag man sure doesn't have the personality of the earlier one. And that refrigerator looks like a Frigidaire and is a lot older than 15 or 20 years. Whirpool probably gave that "repairman" an ice pick and said "poke a hole in that sucker when the old lady's not lookin."

 

[qsd-dan]

And that refrigerator looks like a Frigidaire

Yup, Frigidaire, just like Grandmas. It isn't any newer than 1980, so it's at least 30 years old.

I would have accepted new machines, but I would demand that they be from the same era as the current set.

And, yeah, I have several spare lint filters I'd be willing part with free of charge, with the exception of a few NOS ones still in the plastic

I sure hope they have a spare belt set and heater element for the dryer. According to RCD, these parts have officially been obsoleted

One of Maytags touted slogans in their advertisement back in the 70's (not sure about the 80's) was 40 year guarantee parts availability. It makes me curious if Whirlpool can still be held accountable for that? Hmmmmmmm.......

 

[appnut]

That Maytag man sure doesn't have the personality of the

who cares!! he's one hot sexy bear/beefy/chunky man!!!

 

[70series]

Great story, but no news to us I am happy they want to keep them and who could blame them. 42 years without a repair and those A606s look like they are in good condition too. Hopefully they will last them another 42 years.

Have a good one,
James

 

[tolivac]

Too bad my Dad and Stepmom didn't tell Maytag about their Maytag washer that was only a week old in 1972 when the Rapid City flood of 1972 destroyed their home-however the Maytag washer they just bought was recovered and rebuilt by the local Rapid City Maytag dealer-that machine ran for another 30yrs.It looked like hell but worked OK.They bought a new Maytag made washer to replace the old one.
I also would have turned down the new Maytags "tech" offer of a new machine-you probably would have gotten a "Whirltag"bet THAT wouldn't last 47yrs!Don't think I would want a Maytag fridge either.Too many folks I know that have them have problems with the Maytag fridges and replace them with Whirlpool ones.

 

[christfr]

thats cool. i love my tags the old set i have are as old as i am. 48 ha ha and they run like the wind// love em

 

[gansky1]

I don't blame them for turning down the new set, although they likely have no clue that they aren't even Maytag-built anymore.

I don't know as I would want the new refrigerator either...

HOH dryer belts are just standard off-the-rack belts available at any hardware store. The cloth-coated washer belt is the only one that has to be OEM.

 

[roto204]

Hee-hee!

Clay: "We'd like to offer you a brand new set, built with our finest direct-drive technology from Wh--er, Maytag!"

Grace: *stares coldly for several seconds, leans forward, and slaps him*

 

[reversajet]

We goteminupiniemna at Sugarman's

I believe what the dear woman said was, "we got them up in Eynon (Pennsylvania)...
Sugarman's was a store set back from Route 6, connecting Scranton PA to Binghamton NY. Not to be believed, a thousand departments under what seemed like a four acre roof. Would dwarf the biggest Walmart today by a mile. You could spend a day in one corner of the store and not see the same item twice. From a sewing needle to a boat anchor and everything in between, plus actual helpful employees. If the cost of heating and cooling didn't kill them it was replacing shoe leather (which you could have done there too). Nice story.

http://www.loopnet.com/property/15751391/600-Scranton-Carbondale-Highway/

 

[ptcruiser51]

Sugarman's!

I remember stopping in there once in the 1980's and found Protein 21 shampoo on the shelf! It must have been there since 1972. Great place, great prices, if you had an entire day to spend. Too bad it's gone, like so many other good things.

FWIW, I met Clay Jackson at one of our appliance roadshows, he's about 6'6", really nice guy. He's maybe 34-35, married with children (sorry). He was a former real estate agent.

 

[toggleswitch2]

I think we ought to to seriosusly think about manufacturing after-market parts to orginal factory specs. There's a fortune to be made.