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 Posted: Sun Jan 22nd, 2006 04:03 am
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stayathome

 

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 Years ago, I decided to replace a microwave given to me and my husband as a "hand-me-down." Hubby, being not too bright about the connection between quality and price, thought that getting a severely off-brand microwave at a store called "Grocery Outlet" was a wonderful idea. I wasn't so sure when I saw it, but went ahead for the sake of marital stability.

Within a couple of months, it did something really funky: it was on, but there was no fan running. It seemed really dangerous to me, so I did the logical thing. I threw the POS out and chose to replace it with a name-brand bought at Costco. When I told hubby about it, he got angry that I spent so much money on a microwave when the other one was only $20. Then I said that I was not going to buy any more cheap crap just because it's cheap.

It is true that you get what you pay for. If you don't know who exactly made an appliance, don't buy it!