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Thursday, November 6, 2014
Frigidaire and the Modern Kitchen
Here is a clip from Frigidaire talking about the "modern kitchen". The groovy spacewalk dance the teenagers are doing at the end of the clip is fairly hilarious.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Kelly's Korner - Two more items for your Superhero Book
Hey, All,
Hope all you moms out there had a great Mother's Day! I sure did!
First one, Electrolux/Frigidaire has an icemaker in some of their refrigerators that are decidedly different than any others I've every seen. I've had several calls looking for complete replacements on them and there is no such beast. BUT, they have come out with a repair kit - 5303918495 - that replaces the main control board, bail arm and motor, ice mold and a bunch of other little parts that seem to be the main culprits in the breakdown of this icemaker.
Sometimes, when looking for the control "jazz" board on some Whirlpool/Maytag/Amana refrigerators, the research will give you a part number of 12002756. This is not only the board but a bunch of insulation and a new evaporator fan motor and blade. Now if all you need is the board, the current number for that is 12784415, although there is even a newer version of this board - W10503278.
I hope you are keeping up on your Superhero Book - mine has been a lifesaver more times than I can count and every one of my customer has benefitted from it. Be a Superhero to your customers, too!
Have a great week!
Hope all you moms out there had a great Mother's Day! I sure did!
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| My sister, Barbara, and her kids, Samantha and James - it's not only Mother's Day for her but her birthday! Super mom and sister! |
Not much happening on the appliance front at the moment so I thought I would go through my Super Hero Book and share a couple more things.First one, Electrolux/Frigidaire has an icemaker in some of their refrigerators that are decidedly different than any others I've every seen. I've had several calls looking for complete replacements on them and there is no such beast. BUT, they have come out with a repair kit - 5303918495 - that replaces the main control board, bail arm and motor, ice mold and a bunch of other little parts that seem to be the main culprits in the breakdown of this icemaker.
Sometimes, when looking for the control "jazz" board on some Whirlpool/Maytag/Amana refrigerators, the research will give you a part number of 12002756. This is not only the board but a bunch of insulation and a new evaporator fan motor and blade. Now if all you need is the board, the current number for that is 12784415, although there is even a newer version of this board - W10503278.
I hope you are keeping up on your Superhero Book - mine has been a lifesaver more times than I can count and every one of my customer has benefitted from it. Be a Superhero to your customers, too!
Have a great week!
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Kelly's Korner - Montgomery Wards
Hey, All,
I was helping my mom pack up some stuff in anticipation of her move and came across an old Montgomery Ward credit card with my name on it! For many, this name is a blast from the past, but we here in the appliance business still hear it every day.
Just a bit of history gleaned from various sites on the internet: Montgomery Ward was founded in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward who wanted to provide people in rural areas with goods they couldn't get locally. Sold through the catalogs he put out, people could buy farm machinery, household goods, appliances, clothes and many other things and pick them up at the train station or post office. The retail stores started opening in 1926, and through many ups and downs over the years, was one of the leading retailers along with Sears and Macy's and others.
Did you know that Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer was a creation by a Wards employee, Robert L. May (don't know if he was a relation to the founder of W. L. May) as a Christmas promotion in 1939?
In 1985 the company closed its catalog business after 113 years! I well remember waiting in anticipation as a child for the Christmas "Wish Book" to come. My sisters and I would pore over it for hours making our Christmas lists for Santa.
Then, with the advent of more and more retail stores like Walmart, Target, and Kmart, business was sinking fast and on December 8, 2000 Montgomery Ward announced that is was going out of business. My mom had only worked for them for 13-14 years but she was there at the Mall 205 store right till the bitter end.
For us in the appliance business, Montgomery Ward is still an everyday name. Wards had bought appliances from the leading manufacturers like Maytag, Frigidaire and others and put their name and own model numbers on them - just like Sears does - and we get calls from people whose machines are still running. And, yes, we still can get many parts for these.
It is really bittersweet for us older folk who remember the stores and catalogs to have seen this business close and other businesses that have been around for decades - Nordstrom's and Radio Shack have announced they are closing a bunch of their stores. Sad to see icons fall.
Anyway, we here at W L May are still going strong after 90+ years and hope to be here for at least another 90 more!
Have a great week!
I was helping my mom pack up some stuff in anticipation of her move and came across an old Montgomery Ward credit card with my name on it! For many, this name is a blast from the past, but we here in the appliance business still hear it every day.
Just a bit of history gleaned from various sites on the internet: Montgomery Ward was founded in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward who wanted to provide people in rural areas with goods they couldn't get locally. Sold through the catalogs he put out, people could buy farm machinery, household goods, appliances, clothes and many other things and pick them up at the train station or post office. The retail stores started opening in 1926, and through many ups and downs over the years, was one of the leading retailers along with Sears and Macy's and others.
Did you know that Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer was a creation by a Wards employee, Robert L. May (don't know if he was a relation to the founder of W. L. May) as a Christmas promotion in 1939?
In 1985 the company closed its catalog business after 113 years! I well remember waiting in anticipation as a child for the Christmas "Wish Book" to come. My sisters and I would pore over it for hours making our Christmas lists for Santa.
Then, with the advent of more and more retail stores like Walmart, Target, and Kmart, business was sinking fast and on December 8, 2000 Montgomery Ward announced that is was going out of business. My mom had only worked for them for 13-14 years but she was there at the Mall 205 store right till the bitter end.
For us in the appliance business, Montgomery Ward is still an everyday name. Wards had bought appliances from the leading manufacturers like Maytag, Frigidaire and others and put their name and own model numbers on them - just like Sears does - and we get calls from people whose machines are still running. And, yes, we still can get many parts for these.
It is really bittersweet for us older folk who remember the stores and catalogs to have seen this business close and other businesses that have been around for decades - Nordstrom's and Radio Shack have announced they are closing a bunch of their stores. Sad to see icons fall.
Anyway, we here at W L May are still going strong after 90+ years and hope to be here for at least another 90 more!
Have a great week!
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