Arg, they're all alike, CB...I mean
CD. Let me tell you about our appliance story:
When I went to set the timer on the range (circa 11-2007) control panel, I noticed a few small cracks in the face. I noticed it because I could run the timer up only until 11 minutes, then it stopped counting up. Hmm. I pulled out the owner's manual for Himself - totally useless. (The manual, although Himself is on the bubble most of the time, too.) He went online to see if he could get a replacement part. Why yes, he could. For $300 plus shipping and tax! The problem is that a while ago you could buy just the screen. Now, the only way they sell the display is as a package - screen and all the electronics behind it. He said that they probably sell it that way now because they weren't making enough money selling just the cover panel.
I'm not willing to spend $300+ on an almost 12-year-old stove with chips in the surface, paint wear on the trim strip at the bottom of the oven door, and what seems to be a less-than-tight seal on said door. Plus, it's the only non-black appliance in the kitchen.
New black range getting delivered Thursday afternoon.
Not a stove I will love, but the hope is that it won't be mine for long. At least it will not carry the air of something that has been rode hard and put away wet.
We HAVE to get out of this house before we need to replace anything else when it breaks!!!
Um, no, I asked for AFTER noon. I told the woman I would be OK with pushing the day back to a Friday delivery if it would help with getting me an afternoon delivery. No problem, they'd have someone call me on Thursday night with a Friday delivery time...which turned out to be between 10 AM and 2 PM. 
