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Money can buy a lot of things, including trouble
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Drafted on Saturday, 25 September 2010.
From time to time, there is a study or two about whether or not money can buy happiness. Well, two hours ago, I was composing a Blog in my head, entitled "Money can certainly buy some happiness." Now, I feel like saying "Money can buy a lot of trouble, too."
Mid Week, my old washer stopped working again. This time, the problem sounded very serious. Since this set of washer/dryer is pretty old, so old that I wanted to rid off it when we moved in several years ago. So, as much as I hate to spend money on an appliance, I was glad to say goodbye this time, instead of calling a repairman.
It took me a day to research washer/dryer online to decide which brand and what kind of washer/dryer to buy. At the end, my concern of spending too much money and of new technology won: I decided to get Sears' own brand, Kenmore, a stacked washer/dryer of 24" (model number 88752).
Buying things in America can be as easy as a phone call, which was what I did yesterday. With a plastic card, and a good credit rating, one can even buy a new car over the phone. (I don't know if one can buy something more expensive, but I did buy a new car over the phone myself. Why did I do that? I was afraid of being ripped off if I walked into a car dealer. So, I called: "Let's not waste your time or mine. This is what I want and this is the price I am willing to pay. Take it or leave it." It worked ...)
My order went through Friday afternoon, and the delivery was scheduled for Saturday between 11:15 am and 1:15 pm. The delivery came at 11:00 am, and the two nice guys left in about 15 mins (including giving me two minutes to clean up the area for the new set and test the unit).
I was so pleased with the good lucky I had thus far, and decided to run a load right away. Then, I noticed a few bits of foam floating in the washer, and decided to leave the lid open so that I could catch the floating bits and fish them out ... That's when I noticed that the water level kept on rising, much much faster that the sea-level rise due to global warming (if you are a believer). I stopped the machine, in fear of flooding my kitchen, which I eventually did during one of my test runs.
Calling Sears about the problem was frustrating, and exhausting. I may write it when the problem is over, but for now I have a big white elephant to look at ...
https://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-306792-366986.html
上一篇：No more farmed salmon for me
下一篇：Don't run your washer when you are not around
From time to time, there is a study or two about whether or not money can buy happiness. Well, two hours ago, I was composing a Blog in my head, entitled "Money can certainly buy some happiness." Now, I feel like saying "Money can buy a lot of trouble, too."
Mid Week, my old washer stopped working again. This time, the problem sounded very serious. Since this set of washer/dryer is pretty old, so old that I wanted to rid off it when we moved in several years ago. So, as much as I hate to spend money on an appliance, I was glad to say goodbye this time, instead of calling a repairman.
It took me a day to research washer/dryer online to decide which brand and what kind of washer/dryer to buy. At the end, my concern of spending too much money and of new technology won: I decided to get Sears' own brand, Kenmore, a stacked washer/dryer of 24" (model number 88752).
Buying things in America can be as easy as a phone call, which was what I did yesterday. With a plastic card, and a good credit rating, one can even buy a new car over the phone. (I don't know if one can buy something more expensive, but I did buy a new car over the phone myself. Why did I do that? I was afraid of being ripped off if I walked into a car dealer. So, I called: "Let's not waste your time or mine. This is what I want and this is the price I am willing to pay. Take it or leave it." It worked ...)
My order went through Friday afternoon, and the delivery was scheduled for Saturday between 11:15 am and 1:15 pm. The delivery came at 11:00 am, and the two nice guys left in about 15 mins (including giving me two minutes to clean up the area for the new set and test the unit).
I was so pleased with the good lucky I had thus far, and decided to run a load right away. Then, I noticed a few bits of foam floating in the washer, and decided to leave the lid open so that I could catch the floating bits and fish them out ... That's when I noticed that the water level kept on rising, much much faster that the sea-level rise due to global warming (if you are a believer). I stopped the machine, in fear of flooding my kitchen, which I eventually did during one of my test runs.
Calling Sears about the problem was frustrating, and exhausting. I may write it when the problem is over, but for now I have a big white elephant to look at ...
https://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-306792-366986.html
上一篇：No more farmed salmon for me
下一篇：Don't run your washer when you are not around
