Oh, no...

So thankfully, the second technician sent to look at my washing machine did due diligence and investigated the issue. Unfortunately, he said the machine requires parts that are no longer available. Yup, hardly four years old and it's a dinosaur. Who knew!

Home depot is offering me about a third of what I originally paid to replace the machine. I'm not even sure that's what they promised, as I recall I was told the service protection plan covered total replacement...not replacement of lesser equivalent machine.

Wow, I'm so not impressed. What a rip off, these service contracts are...

Spam me with your favorite high capacity washing machine recommendations!

Update: So a few friends of sent me some recommendations, and I've spent some time pursuing the current inventory of the local big box home improvement store. The shocking thing is that the current model of my present washing machine is still one of the highest rated machines on the market. Just about everything my friends have suggested, while having anywhere from marginal to decent reviews, does not rank as highly as the cumulative ratings of my current washer.

And I have to eat my words on my refund, as it seems a brand new model of my current machine is just a little over $100 more from what I'm going to get in my warranty (not including tax of course), and it would seem the overall price for the machine has dropped since 2011 (or it just so happens that all the retailers are having a sale this weekend).

I'm really torn. I hate that my machine only lasted four years, but up till very recently, it has been a dream. We've packed a lot of washing into those four rapid years, and I can't help but wonder if any other machine would have faired any better. It's tough to say.

So I'm certainly going to sleep on it... after all, my machine isn't totally dead, but it is on it's way out for sure. Even with the mechanical death sentence, it's still serving us, just not at the peak performance it used to, that's something to be said for it I suppose.