Comments on: Electric Range http://www.bestbrandtobuy.com/electric-range/ Appliances | Electronics | Computers | Fitness Equipment Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:17:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kate http://www.bestbrandtobuy.com/electric-range/comment-page-1/#comment-1043 Kate Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:45:37 +0000 http://www.bestbrandtobuy.com/?p=1001#comment-1043 I have spent 3 days researching free standing ranges. I'm so discouraged reading all the bad reviews from consumers about companies who should know better than to build garbage. I'm talking $1000+ ranges here! There are so many disappointed consumers out there and for good reasons. Kitchen appliances have become cheaply made and rife with problems. Consumer Reports will recommend one and then actual consumers will let you know how bad it really is after using it in their homes! So, you cannot depend on CReports because they don't use the appliance every day--day-in and day-out like home cooks do. There is no test like one from a user who owns that appliance. It is time for a totally Consumer driven website that "outs" the bad guys who make shoddy appliances which die in 2yrs. Buying extended warranties is now a must because consumers are so use (more like trained) to their appliances going down at inopportune times like Christmas Eve! Those warranties add $129+ and over to the purchase of every appliance and there are no guarantees that they will be honored. More complaints exist about that are out there as well. If you can spend over $2-3k for a kitchen range--maybe and I mean maybe, you'll get more time with it before it breaks but that still is no guarantee. I did see many very expensive models being complained about just as much as the lower costing models. I am totally discouraged about the products that are being sold today. I have a KitchenAid that is 15 yrs old and I paid $1200 for it. I have never had a problem until now. Trying to replace it has taken me into the world of kitchen ranges that has been enlightening but so disappointing. Our appliance companies have some explaining to do. Consumers will actually dump an appliance (land fill) if it breaks because repairs are so costly. Most say theirs lasted 2 yrs before problems set in. There is exploding glass, burned appliances that almost burned down their house and on and on. It is ridiculous. Then there is the Company who will not stand behind a clearly poorly made appliance--even if it almost burns down your house! You'll get no sympathy from that appliance manufacturer. So, someone needs to set up a Consumer website that "outs" these bad appliances and it must be listed by model number, year purchased, and price. I know if there was a site that consumers would be forewarned of potential problems and maybe appliance manufacturers (I am talking to you KitchenAid) would start making reliable appliances that have longevity again. We just need one great, easy to use, consumer complaint super site--- which is very organized--by model # (so important), company name and the problem to stop this appliance abuse! Americans no longer have the buying power they use to have therefore, we need quality products and our landfills are too full of appliances that have not had a lifespan beyond a couple of years. I have spent 3 days researching free standing ranges. I'm so discouraged reading all the bad reviews from consumers about companies who should know better than to build garbage. I'm talking $1000+ ranges here! There are so many disappointed consumers out there and for good reasons. Kitchen appliances have become cheaply made and rife with problems. Consumer Reports will recommend one and then actual consumers will let you know how bad it really is after using it in their homes! So, you cannot depend on CReports because they don't use the appliance every day--day-in and day-out like home cooks do. There is no test like one from a user who owns that appliance.

It is time for a totally Consumer driven website that "outs" the bad guys who make shoddy appliances which die in 2yrs. Buying extended warranties is now a must because consumers are so use (more like trained) to their appliances going down at inopportune times like Christmas Eve!

Those warranties add $129+ and over to the purchase of every appliance and there are no guarantees that they will be honored. More complaints exist about that are out there as well.

If you can spend over $2-3k for a kitchen range--maybe and I mean maybe, you'll get more time with it before it breaks but that still is no guarantee. I did see many very expensive models being complained about just as much as the lower costing models.

I am totally discouraged about the products that are being sold today. I have a KitchenAid that is 15 yrs old and I paid $1200 for it. I have never had a problem until now. Trying to replace it has taken me into the world of kitchen ranges that has been enlightening but so disappointing.

Our appliance companies have some explaining to do. Consumers will actually dump an appliance (land fill) if it breaks because repairs are so costly. Most say theirs lasted 2 yrs before problems set in. There is exploding glass, burned appliances that almost burned down their house and on and on. It is ridiculous. Then there is the Company who will not stand behind a clearly poorly made appliance--even if it almost burns down your house! You'll get no sympathy from that appliance manufacturer.

So, someone needs to set up a Consumer website that "outs" these bad appliances and it must be listed by model number, year purchased, and price. I know if there was a site that consumers would be forewarned of potential problems and maybe appliance manufacturers (I am talking to you KitchenAid) would start making reliable appliances that have longevity again.

We just need one great, easy to use, consumer complaint super site--- which is very organized--by model # (so important), company name and the problem to stop this appliance abuse! Americans no longer have the buying power they use to have therefore, we need quality products and our landfills are too full of appliances that have not had a lifespan beyond a couple of years.

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