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Re:Generation Junk by LeafItAlone on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @11:33PM (#38790073)
> We have friends that just laid out $3000 for a new washer drier set and washer is already leaking from the front door.

What brand?

Re:Generation Junk by pixl97 on Thursday December 28, 2023 @12:07AM (#38790256)
Not Op, but if I had to guess Samsung. I won't buy their appliances.
Re:Generation Junk by graypegg on Thursday December 28, 2023 @12:54AM (#38790493)
+1 for Samsung laundry machines being unreliable. I was in an apartment for 3 years and went thru 2 washing machines due to a “unrepairable” circuit fault on the first one, and a drum leaking perpetually on the second one.

The model of the washing machine was on the lease, was one of the expensive ones, I felt bad that they were buying #3 my last year there. They’re maybe only slightly above landfill in terms of entropic stability.

Edit: to be fair I bet they were warrantied, but still

Re:Generation Junk by theshrike79 on Thursday December 28, 2023 @05:37AM (#38792065)
Samsung stuff has all the pretty songs and touch screens and smart features.

They just forgot to add the actual functionality though.

We've got all AEG stuff and zero issues so far. 7-segment displays and physical buttons. Nothing to break.