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I love Jobs' endorsement of Miele washing machines. Where I grew up in Austria all everyone had was Miele. They were ridiculously expensive. Their slogan was "reliability for many years" which was an understatement as they actually ran for 20 or 30 years no problem.

Also him discussing the new washing machine with his family for 2 weeks! Fascinating. I don't think many Billionaires would do that.



> Their slogan was "reliability for many years" which was an understatement as they actually ran for 20 or 30 years no problem.

You say that like it's something odd or distinctive.

My family has gotten that kind of lifetime out of bargain-price "American" washing machines. The only exceptions have involved operator error and "but I want a new one NOW,I've waited long enough for it to die".


My Miele never worked right, the plumber couldn't fix it. Finally I had it ripped out and replaced with a Maytag.


Just had called the Miele service themselves: they offer a 10 years guarantee plan.




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