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Maytag Repairman Visits 42 Year Old Washer

Maytag Repairman Visits 42 Year Old Washer - Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 6:16PM EST

Reported by: Jeff Chirico
Thursday, Aug 13, 2009 @ 06:16pm EST
var images = new Array(); OLD FORGE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY -- How long do you think a washer and dryer should last? Ten, fifteen, maybe twenty years if you're lucky? One Lackawanna County family has owned theirs for 42 years. And today they got a visit from someone they'd never seen before. the repairman.

“That's the problem with you Maytag washers and dryers. You're too dependable." That's a line from a TV ad that may have aired when Grace and Fred Augustine of Old Forge brought home their Maytags. Grace Augustine "we bought it up in Eynon at Sugarmans."

That was 1967. And the machines are still spinning strong. “Did you think they were going to last that long? No." "You never have to call a repair man."

But the Maytag Repairman showed up anyway Thursday to honor the workhorses the Augustine's affectionately call Mary Maytag. “We give you a plaque."

Maytag planned the visit after Grace and Fred's daughter contacted the company. Shirley Karmilovich Augustine's daughter "I said I have to write Maytag and let them know because they need good news."

Clay Jackson says Mary isn't that unusual. "I've been traveling the country visiting families like the Augustines that have written in letters about their washers and dryers so I've gotten to see a number of these. And they all work!"

Maytag offered to give the Augustine's a new set but they said no. "Why replace it? There's nothing wrong with it. "

Instead Maytag is replacing Fred and Grace's refrigerator. After 15 or 20 years it’s on the fritz. And it's not a Maytag.
 


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