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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

The dishwasher from hell

Our old dishwasher died and we got our new one on Oct. 13 and I was soooo excited to use it. It's one of those dishwashers that are so quiet you can hardly hear it working. I actually ran the darn thing with only a couple of dirty dishes inside because I couldn't wait to dirty a full load of dishes, so I ran it almost empty ( not very water-conscious, I know). It was so quiet, we almost couldn't believe it was actually running, but it was. It's amazingly quiet. But something strange happened, something I wouldn't expect from a new dishwasher: IT LEAKED. Yes, 2 puddles on each side of the dishwasher. NO! IT CAN'T BE! So I ran it again, and it leaked again. This wasn't good. It made me dizzy thinking that I'd have to go back to *gasp* handwashing again.
So I called Best Buy and told them what was going on and they say, "Sure, we'll get you a new one in 5 days" Great! A new one, surely this new one would be perfect.
Um, no.
I got the new one yesterday, I ran it on the rinse cycle only while the installer guy was still here to make sure it didn't leak. It didn't leak!
But ( and there is always a 'but').....it was loud.VERY LOUD. This morning when I ran the dishwasher for a full cycle for the first time I heard how loud it was . It's not supposed to be loud. But it is, I can hear it from upstairs. Oh no, this can't be happening to me. So I decided to forget calling Best Buy, I called the manufacturer directly. They were nice enough to set me up with a repair company to come out and look at it ( We weren't too happy about someone working on a 1-day old dishwasher, but we digress, there's not much else we can do). So the minute i get off the phone making an appointment with the repair guy I decided to run the dishwasher again just to confirm that indeed it was running loud and not my imagination. But then out of the corner of my eye I see something shiny underneath the dishwasher. What was it? WATER! Yep, this "new" one is leaking, too. We tried to call the manufacturer back but they're on East Coast time so they're closed.
Seriously, this is the dishwasher from hell.

Note of caution: do not buy a Frigidaire Dishwasher in the Gallery Series, THEY SUCK! and leak.

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