From my experience, it’s not a good idea to buy a Kenmore appliance because of warranty. In the hopes of making an extra buck from selling extended warranty, Sears standard warranty is usually for a much shorter period when compared to the actual manufacturer. For example, Frigidaire might offer a 10 year warranty on their washer tub, where same model sold under Kenmore brand will only have a year warranty.

If you guys need repair help with one of your appliances, try http://forum.appliancepartspros.com. There are plenty of technicians, myself included, who don’t mind helping out.

Speaking of our mom… she made a comment to me just the other day about that coffee maker we made her throw away! haha But I wonder, did she really throw it away? Or, is it squirreled away somewhere in her kitchen?

And when I say “we” I really mean “Tina”.

I did a quick check of their current line of dryers and all of them have a one year warranty. I have no idea why ours was only covered for 90 days. It’s not like we bought the cheapest one. We bought what we thought was a pretty nice mid-range model. We paid just as much for that dryer as we did for BOTH our washer and dryer back in 1993 (scratch and dent specials from now-defunct Incredible Universe). I thought paying more would get us more reliability but that was not the case at all. It only got us more features.

What was more upsetting was that we had JUST purchased a new refrigerator from Sears when the dryer broke. We felt like we had been lifelong loyal customers and that Sears had essentially betrayed our loyalty by refusing to fix our dryer for less than the $200+. Unfortunately, the only avenue left to us is to “vote with our feet.” Goodbye, Sears, we used to love you but you no longer love us.