http://repair2000.com/blog1 Helping Consumers deal with major appliance issues. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:40:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How It Began- As the economy was beginning to show serious signs of deterioration last year, particularly in the housing market, President Bush promised every person who files a tax return in 2008 a check for $600. Married couples would get $1200. I felt that this was a particularly nice gesture, ... http://repair2000.com/blog1/2008/07/19/how-the-irs-stole-my-stimulus-check/ LG Will Clean Up, With or Without GE Business Week-     Korea's LG Electronics could win GE's appliances unit and get within reach of No. 1 Whirlpool. But LG's organic growth is noteworthy, too. Ever since General Electric (GE) revealed plans to put its appliances business on the block May 16, Korea's LG ... http://repair2000.com/blog1/2008/06/11/appliance-news-for-june-2008/ GE to Exit Appliance Business May 16, 2008 General Electric Co. will sell or spin off its century-old appliances unit, saying the business was too focused on the United States. The appliance arm, which employs about 13,000 people worldwide, is the area of GE hardest hit by the two-year U.S. housing slump, as ... http://repair2000.com/blog1/2008/05/20/appliance-industry-news-for-may-2008/ Drying clothes is a fairly simple operation. Toss in the load and set the machine to dry, and presto! How you set the controls can make a difference in not only your drying times, but can also  affect the amount of energy that is used during the cycle. If you ... http://repair2000.com/blog1/2008/03/15/using-the-auto-dry-cycle-to-your-advantage/ At first it seemed innocent enough... pet food contamination with contaminated wheat gluten and imported seafood products containing high amounts of lead. Now, a large percentage of the toys our babies play with are being recalled due to lead contamination. All from China. Excuse me, but hasn't lead been recognized ... http://repair2000.com/blog1/2007/08/23/are-the-chinese-trying-to-kill-us/ Hello all you happy little Consumers! It's time to do a reality check on your appliance know-how. For example, how do you know that the foreign-made machines that you see on the sales floors will perform and be dependable like your older machines were?  Do you base your appliance knowledge on ... http://repair2000.com/blog1/2007/01/22/shaky-times-in-appliance-land/ The transportation of major appliances can go a lot more efficiently if a few preparations are made for the trip. The most common appliances which are shipped are Ranges, Washing Machines, Dryers and Refrigerators. Let's start with the preparation of free-standing ranges: Ranges should be shipped with the steel grates removed from ... http://repair2000.com/blog1/2006/06/21/moving-appliances/