Quote Originally Posted by Karen View Post
We highly do NOT recommend Maytag, we bought one thinking it was a good reliable brand and would last nearly forever - but it died in less than 5 years. It was just shoddily built, once we started taking it apart. And there are only two adult humans here, no kids, so it never even got the amount of laundry a normal machine would.

DO - I emphasize this - check online reviews before you buy anything.
Couldn't disagree with you more Karen. We are on our second set of Maytags (washer and dryer) having bought our first set in 1970 and this is now 2009. I think two washers and two dryers is pretty darn good for almost 40 years (that is roughly 20 years per set). Also, we have had NO repair bills. They just worked until they got old, just like us people. Of course I am not saying that things are not being made more cheaply now. Unfortunately they are. I guess I will soon be finding that out, but I hope it is later rather than sooner.