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- From: john@ice.stx.com (John DiMarzio)
- Subject: Re: Bread makers: recommendations?
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 15:25:54 GMT
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- In article <1ic8brINNs68@hpfcbig.sde.hp.com>, fritz@fc.sde.hp.com (Gary Fritz) writes:
- }John DiMarzio (john@ice.stx.com) wrote:
- }: I don't personally own one, but, my brother has a Welbilt model
- }: that came highly reccommended.
- }
- }Different strokes, I guess. I have a low opinion of the DAK/Welbilt machines.
- }Here's my standard posting on that:
- }
- }
- }From my observations of several years of DAK-comments on the net,
- }including following the entire history of the bread-machine mailing list:
- }(note, the list is now defunct, so don't bother asking how to subscribe)
- }
- } - I don't recall EVER seeing a complaint for Hitachi, Panasonic,
- } Zojirushi, et al breadmakers. I DO recall seeing comments and
- } recommendations from *many* happy owners of these machines.
- }
- } - Many owners of DAK/Welbilt breadmakers are happy with their machines.
- }
- } - MANY owners of DAK/Welbilt breadmakers are NOT happy with their
- } machines, myself included. I have heard many dozens of complaints,
- } ranging from "it started making gooey-centered bread" to "it locked up
- } while baking, filled my house with smoke, and melted the plastic casing
- } before I got home and pulled the plug on it."
- }
- } - The people who had problems with DAK/Welbilt machines have had virtually
- } NO satisfaction from the DAK and Welbilt "customer service" organizations,
- } ranging from "couldn't call the number, I tried for weeks and it was
- } always busy" to "They sent me back the same machine with no apparent
- } fixes or improvement."
- }
- } - Many, many people have sent their machines in for repairs and had it
- } replaced, or were so unsatisfied with their machines that they just
- } returned them. My conjecture is that these unsatisfactory machines
- } are "buffed up" and sold as "reconditioned" models. (If they didn't
- } fix the damn things when they were repeatedly sent in for repair while
- } under warrantee, why would they fix them before reselling them?)
- }
- }My conclusion from the above, AND the frequent complaints on the net
- }about DAK's service, products, hype, etc., is that I would definitely
- }recommend that someone spend the $30 to $100 more to get a *good*
- }breadmaker. Get one that you can enjoy, and avoid the ruined loaves,
- }frustration, returns for repair, etc. It's WORTH the extra money.
- }
- }Gary
-
- Welbilt products are not made exclusively for DAK and are not available
- exclusively through DAK. DAK often markets remanufactured products.
- Sometimes without even labelling them as such. My brother's Breadmaker
- did not come from DAK and has performed well since he got it.
-
- John DiMarzio
-