QuantumFog

May 22, 2007

Why Maytag sucks

When a prostitute has that sultry look and says, "This is going to be good, really good.", I'm probably going to give 'er the benefit of the doubt. That's pretty much what happened when I bought a Maytag washer several years back.

The ersatz vixen in this case was a commercial about underworked Maytag repairmen. That, and I never heard anyone complain about the product. Since the internet was yet to be a reality, options for discovering truth were few.

Now, Maytag is starting another BS marketing campaign; thus QuantumFog writes to get that lazy assed Maytag repairman to check his phone messages.

The washer tended to flood. We had a couple of repairmen out, things worked for a while, then it leaked again. Repairs were too expensive, and since it was in the garage at the time, no real harm done. Got rid of the thing when we moved.

We had to replace the refrigerator. Went shopping, found a good deal on a Maytag. Salesman says its the last model he has in stock and he's going out of the retail business. Said he and his son was gonna do repair full time because that's where the money is.

About a year later, the ice maker stopped a couple of weeks after it was out of warranty. Found out it works okay if I jiggle the wire do-fob that controls ice production. Since the ice comes from a dispenser in the door, we never know the ice bin is empty until we need the ice. Not what you want after a few hours of yardwork.

Those are the last two Maytag products I'll ever buy.

That said, we have the larger problem of commercials designed to elicit emotion and beguile us into believing the sales BS. Nothing new here by any stretch, but there seems to be a lot of it these days. Whether its Chrysler or Ford selling cars not worth the ad space, or oil companies with obscene profits who want us to feel better about their $4.00 gas.

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