Kitchen and household appliances

[Randi]

Pomtzu, you're right, I also remember the days when you took things to a repair shop, but I doubt they exist anymore. I'm just glad I still have some things that my mother left me. One thing is an iron from the sixties. It works just fine!

The other day I went to look for a new toaster, I saw a good offer on a Electrolux, which used to be good quality. I turned it upside down and saw it was made in China, so I didn't buy it.

I do hope your son's coffee maker will hold out more than a few years. I believe there is a two years warranty, though.

Oh, I bought a Miele vacuum cleaner a few years ago - now I don't dare look where it's made!

[pomtzu]

I've seen items made in the USA - from foreign parts. That's kind of defeating the purpose - right???
I have an Oreck vacuum, and Oreck products are made/assembled in Louisiana in the U.S., but that doesn't mean all of the components are made here. So we are pretty much at the mercy of the manufacturer. They know if we want or need the product bad enough, that we'll buy it. It would be my guess that very few people know where the items that they have in their household were manufactured - me included for the majority of products!