Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Dave) on under guitar two, best buy, lileks, electric guitar, ordeal, bum, dishwasher, hard drives, microwave, saga, vacuum, tvs, cy, ceo |

Ever get stuck with a bum appliance? Ever been told it has to fail four times before the store will replace it? Sounds crazy, right? But it happened to James Lileks, a writer who took the time to scribe an open letter to the CEO of Best Buy detailing his ordeal.In the letter Lileks describes his prior purchasing record with the company ("fridge, the dishwasher, three coffeemakers, a microwave, a vacuum, an electric guitar, two TVs, four hard drives, and innumerable other items"), and the ...
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Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Ben) on under breath mint, citrus smell, bad odors, bad breath, high temperature, dishwasher, hot water, whirlpool, garbage |

Does your dishwasher and garbage disposal suffer from bad breath? The folks at Whirlpool are banking on it. They've developed a special cleaner tablet that removes bad odors from both appliances. The tablet -- called the affresh® Dishwasher and Disposal Cleaner -- is set to sell for about a buck apiece. Throw two in an empty dishwasher and run on heavy and high temperature for a fresh, citrus smell. Toss one down the disposal and run the appliance with a little hot water for 15 seconds ...
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Posted by on under drain hose, drain system, dishwasher, wash cycle |

The purpose of a dishwasher drain hose is to remove the water used during the wash cycle and drain it to your plumbings drain system.
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Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Ben) on under doug moore, twitter, tweets, repairman, kenmore, sears, dishwasher, svp, hero, job |

Here's a great example of the power of social media. In a story posted on The Consumerist, a man with a faulty Sears-bought Kenmore dishwasher got tired of having repairman after repairman sent to his home only to fail at their job and instead followed Doug Moore, SVP and President of Appliances at Sears, on Twitter. A few tweets and one phone call later, and our hero has himself a new dishwasher. Check out the full story here. It's definitely worth the read. To what lengths have ...
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