A repairman told me that there were only a few left. About three
manufacturers of appliances. Several familiar names are now woned by
Electrolux, now selling here under their own name.
Bill Pearce
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) an off-topic question for rural USA-dwellers
> 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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