The 2 biggest advantages to these units, from my point of view, are that 1)they can dry a load of laundry in the time it takes to wash a load and 2) you can launder very large items like queen sized comforters. These are things that make some women drool like you guys drool over “protest babes”.

I paid $650 for my washer *AND* dryer.

Sounds like the type of appliances that blue state, latte sippin’ liberals buy.

Seriously, was it the “Neptune” line? They’re supposed to be the shit.

We ended up getting a small stack unit because that’s all that will fit in our school locker sized laundry room.

As for the “protection” plans. They are protection in the sense that the Mafia provides protection. I once bought one from Circuit City to cover the LCD screen on my laptop. When it was damaged, I had to jump through more hoops than a trained poodle. They must be taking lessons from the health insurance industry.

Total ripoff.

kbarrett, I was going to fix it but it’s just old and ugly. The Mrs. wanted a new one and since she does most of the laundry, she can pick.

CL, You get the gift card in 4-6 weeks. I’ll sell you my $150 giftcard for $149!

For what it’s worth, I’m getting a new washer and dryer in the near future and I’m probably going to get a set similar to what y’all got. My set is about 20 years old and there are multiple problems.

Post the freaking website, man.

don’t leave use hanging.

And Uncle, it probably was all the extra clothes from the baby.

It took a couple hours to install the bit of plastic that broke … it was meant to break, to prevent engine burnout for folks who put too much stuff in the washing machine….

I also fixed my diswasher through such a site.

I suspect relacing major components like motors would be cheaper than bending over for Home Depot….

HOLY SHIT BATMAN!!!

I paid $650 for my washer *AND* dryer. Do you drive the washer to work or something???

In this case, I did play sucker and got an extended warranty for 5 additional years. I usually don’t get them but it is an expensive oven. With a computer that close to that much heat, I didn’t want to take a chance.

I’ve always assumed (I don’t know for certain) that the stores get a kick-back for every rebate they process and a higher kick-back for every rebate they DON’T process. But I’m a bit cynical when consumer economics is on the table.

Stores could operate under Uncle’s preferred model– “Just sell me the damn things for $1,525″– but, they would likely not see any increase in business. Likely they’d see a drop if their competitors didn’t also follow the other store’s lead. People love a bargain (or at least the perception of one) and are always willing to spend more to get one.