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Is a Maytag still a Maytag
Major appliances are like tractors. They're simple, hardy, and design proven, but when they need servicing you get the wrenches or spring for a service call. (Actually, Frederick Maytag started his company in the 1890s making farm equipment.)
We always stuck to Maytags, so every time Consumer Reports did a test that includes Maytags (fairly often) we checked so we could feel good. But we never did. In terms of problems, their washers, driers, fridges, and diswashers rate just a little better than half-way up the list of brands. So we're convinced that the best aspect of Maytags is their advertising.
To answer your question, new "Maytags" are actually made by the company that took it over, Whirlpool. But it might be a simple problem like a rusty terminal or broken belt, and a service call for diagnosis might cost less than the built-in charge for pickup, delivery, and installation. If not, go to your nearest library and ask a staffer where you can find Consumer Reports.
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You did the right thing because we retired gentlemen need dry clothes and contented wives. She can bask in the legendary quality of Maytag (not knowing that they went belly-up mainly because of quality problems, mainly with their disastrous Neptune line that led to multi-million-dollar class-action suits) and you can feel happy that she has a Whirlpool, a pretty good brand.
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They ask the annoying question about income because advertising media, especially print ones, specify the demographics (mainly age, sex, income) of their readership. You only need the receipt to make a warranty claim; there's no requirement for the so-called warranty card to be sent back.
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Yes, Whirlpool dismissed the Maytag workers when they closed the Maytag factories (except for a few employees who were relocated). Did you know they gave the Maytag CEO and Board members five years salary as severance? Maytag went under because of the executive, not the workers, but the Maytag CEO had once been a Whirlpool executive. For a firm that deals with keeping things clean, ....
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