Interesting. I wonder who's left in the US to build it for them.
Chuck Norcutt
Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Yes - I bought a new washing machine last year - Kleenmaid - made in
> US - because we were sick of Asian built machines with plastic
> gearboxes dying after 3-5 years. The cost was around 2.5 times as much
> and the design is very basic (no electronic 'programs') but the 'mean
> time between failures' is over 20 years.
> Most people don't seem to care though - the local agent went bust.
> Andrew Fildes in domestic use
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 05/11/2009, at 12:52 AM, NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> I've recently had a new home built and had top of the line GE
>> appliances
>> installed. I didn't realize until they were being installed that
>> every one
>> of them was made in China. Had I know earlier, I would have looked at
>> alternatives. Same situation for Hunter ceiling fans. In that
>> case, I bought
>> old refurbished made in USA Hunter fans.
>
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