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alvipelo t1_j6d3o6e wrote

Reply to comment by Previousman755 in My baby is home; hit the scratch & dent jackpot. by buoyantgem

How much did you buy it for originally?

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Previousman755 t1_j6d4sn9 wrote

It was over $500 in 1994. We had to make weekly payments on it. 4 dryers later it is still going. Funny thing about the 4 dryers is that we hang dry our clothes 90% of the time. So the dryers are really only for sheets and towels.

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alvipelo t1_j6g18z8 wrote

I ask because we have a Roper washer and dryer. We bought them for around $450 each ten years ago. They're still plugging along. With four kids, we do plenty of laundry. I've had to replace the timer on the dryer, but it's still working perfectly. I had to take apart the washer to fish a baby sock out of the washer pump, but other than that, we've had no issues.

I've always kinda figured that if a repair at any point was going to cost close to the original purchase price, it would be time to buy a new one.

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