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Originally Posted by javadog
I'd probably buy a used one. I think the older appliances are often more reliable than the new ones. I haven't found a need for a microwave to do much more than it did 20 years ago, so pretty much all of them do what I need them to do. Used stuff like this doesn't have much resale value, so they can be picked up cheap. The one we bought 30 years ago still runs fine and my wife found another one in a garage sale a few years ago, for $10 or $20, and she picked that one up. Now the kid has his own microwave upstairs in the shop, which suits everybody.
JR
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There is allot of truth to this. A few weeks ago, the WSJ had an article how the new energy efficient appliances have a shorter life span than the older stuff. There seemed to have no collation (better/longer life) between the cheaper models vs the more expensive ones. The same can be said for HVAC units, boilers, etc.