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minus-squareFleamo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·10 months agoDirect Drive tech reduced the number of moving parts so low that it put Big Washer Repair out of business and they had to develop other ways to monetize your laundry.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months ago Washer Repair out of business Washers break even sooner now.
minus-squareEmergMemeHologram@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoDo people bother fixing them still, or are they like printers where people treat them like disposable objects?
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoI still fix mine. YouTube makes it easy. But I think most call a repairman who informs them the repair cost is almost the cost of a new unit.
Direct Drive tech reduced the number of moving parts so low that it put Big Washer Repair out of business and they had to develop other ways to monetize your laundry.
Washers break even sooner now.
Do people bother fixing them still, or are they like printers where people treat them like disposable objects?
I still fix mine. YouTube makes it easy. But I think most call a repairman who informs them the repair cost is almost the cost of a new unit.