Time-worn appliances pose tough decisions

As possessions go, home appliances don't get much respect. They don't have the sex appeal of a slinky car with a powerful engine or even a computer with a big glossy screen and a fast processor.

But they certainly get our attention when they quit working, when we don't have any clean clothes, melted ice cream is running onto the floor or we can't microwave dinner. And, maybe most of all, when we have to decide whether to fix or replace one of these formerly loyal, mechanical servants.

Large appliances

Do-it-yourselfers can usually get parts, sometimes for appliances that were made 50 or more years ago. Sears and other major appliance dealers maintain, or can order, parts for most of the major appliances they have sold.

Buy A Cheapest Oster 6812-001 Core 16-Speed Blender | GLASS BLENDER

Review BLENDER GLASS T. Bemis (Atlanta) 07/25/2010
We have had this mixer very long, but it seems really very smoothies. Blower doors of our old, who was a Braun PowerMax. It is a bit high, but I do not expect to have a quiet blender. The drive system all metal, feels very sturdy. The plastic parts on a Braun broke a couple of times. Overall, things are not WHA ...
Read more ... BLENDER GLASS review comments by the Queen's Castle (USA) 07/28/2010
This mixer is the best purchase I made this summer.

1. In its early years -- pre-kids -- Oster was put to good use as a cocktail blender. As a young married couple, my husband and I hosted many get-togethers with friends and while the men generally stuck to beer as the libation of choice, Oster helped