GE: Bringing Anything-but-Good Appliances to Life
by Samurai Appliance Repair ManFor years now at this website, I have warned grasshoppers about GE Appliances. I warn my local service call customers, too. But, people keep buying GE because they sell ‘em cheap at Home Despot or because builders get ‘em at rock-bottom prices. Even GE’s supposedly higher-end appliances suck out loud. Oh, but don’t just take it from me. Frustrated and angry GE appliance owners are organizing and fighting back in a David vs. Goliath class-action court battle. More power to ‘em; they woulda been a helluva lot better off buying Whirlpool but, hey, I ain’t one to say, “I told ya so.”
If you’re another one of the poor schlumps who bought GE appliances, you might wanna check out BringGoodThingsToLife.Org.
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May 27th, 2005 at 2:26 am
Great Samurai,
Thank you for your Pearl this evening citing our website bringgoodthingstolife.org. What we thought was a problem in one development has turned into a multi-state investigation culminating in a class action suit. More than 40 separate communities from 3 counties in SW Florida were represented at our meeting today!
May I have your permission to link to your website? You have a great deal of valuable information that could help our members while we ‘fight the good fight’.
Gratefully,
Nancy Grogan
Editor/Webmaster
http://www.bringgoodthingstolife.org
May 27th, 2005 at 7:09 am
I would welcome a link from your fine website! Keep up the fight; you shall overcome!
May 27th, 2005 at 7:26 pm
Great Samurai
The LAWYERS will reap the benefit of this class action suit like they did in the Neptune settlement. The ripped off party gets a “certificate” good for a certain amount of money towards a new Neptune TOP LOADER! MOST of us CAN’T USE a top loader…perhaps the GE folks and the Neptune folks can get together and get coverage on one of the MAJOR networks…other wise I wish the GE owners more luck than the Maytag owners…..
ann j
May 28th, 2005 at 8:08 am
If you join a class action suit, you do so from a desire to change something, not to get rich. The lawyers are the always the financial winners in any class action suit.