So, whose Maytag Dryer is missing buttons

[scoots]

If you know what these are, you know if you need them.

... and yeah, I included photos of the back side... How often do you get to see the backsides of these things?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Vintage-R...931?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c429ab313

 

[washdaddy]

That seller would probably have better luck if they listed those buttons correctly. They are listed as "washer" buttons and as we know here, they belong to the Dryer.

Still they look to be in good shape.

 

[tennblondie78]

I have always wondered why Maytag chose to use an I instead of spelling "dry" correctly...

 

[bluejay]

My assumption is that Maytag wanted to put their own spin on the process (no pun intended).  It seems that all of the appliance companies did stuff like this (Look at fridges, some are Frost-Proof, Frost-free, or have Frost-Guard).  I imagine it was definitely a marketing ploy.

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Well...

It never hurts to have an extra set on hand. Lol! Very nice seller to deal with. Thanks for putting this up here!

RCD

 

[d-jones]

"It never hurts to have an extra set on hand"

I know what you mean, Drew. I picked up a set of these earlier in the year just in case I ever get ahold of a pair of pushbutton Maytag's with the older style cabinets. I'm determined that I will have them at some point, so I've been picking up spares that are unique to them for a while now.

 

[danemodsandy]

David:

I thought I was the only one who began picking up parts before I find the appliance!

 

[launderess]

Maytag chose to use an I instead of spelling "dry" c

Many, many businesses and products both past and present use "dri" instead of dry. Same as some use "drier" as opposed to dryer.

Those famous towelettes our mothers always hand in their handbags were called "Wash n Dri" for instance.

There is a company that produces "Dri Steam" laundry equipment, and so it goes.

To the purists "drier" means something is more dry with "dryer" being some sort of machine for that process. However that distinction is of a rather new vintage and only in modern memory solidified.

If you look back to the 1920's and 1930's or even 1940's you find plenty of "dri" all over the place.

http://grammarist.com/usage/drier-dryer/

 

[d-jones]

I'm afraid not Sandy.

I've got it bad! The worst thing is I've actually come across two sets of pushbutton machines here locally that I had to refer to others because I had no place to put them. One was an 06 set in coppertone(you may remember those) and the other was an A900 and a DG750 in sunny yellow, my favorite of the old Maytag colors. But I won't pass up a set like that a second time. If I did, I'm pretty sure karma would prevent me from ever having another opportunity

 

[danemodsandy]

David:

I remember cracking up Ben swestoyz when I first moved here. I began looking for some Farberware, and our local thrifts turned up precious little of it; I don't think Black's, the leading department store here "back in the day," ever carried it. A ransack of every thrift in town turned up all of one lid.

I bought it and told Ben, "Now all I need is a pot to go under it!"