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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can look at this a couple of different ways.  I think you have to take a generous view and think he was more concerned with making sure that his money would last his whole life and his wife would not want for anything after he passed than that he was cheap or stingy.  Many older people keep using old appliances that aren't functioning at top performance because using something until it actually dies was just the way things went.  [/quote]

And those appliances will last longer than a new one purchased today, even if not at top performance.[/quote]

Oh BS.  [/quote]

Not necessarily "BS." DP[/quote]

Absolutely. My 6 year old Bosch dw died. When I asked the repair person what to buy instead he said 7 years is the life expectancy now.[/quote]

Sort of. Even for simple repairs, the cost of the service call makes repair prohibitive. The pressure switch died in my five-year-old dishwasher. The part is $30 but a service call is $300. You are halfway to a new model, so why would you repair it? [/quote]

Not for a Miele. I recently replaced a 15 year old Miele because I wanted the front panel to match my new cabinets. Went through two Boschs before that in 5 years. Yes, I replaced it with another Miele. [/quote]

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