We had a Maytag store in Claremore, ok in the 60's, 70's and 80's. People would call and ask for ole' lonely! Me! Lol had a lot of with that one! Went to many week long factory training seminars in Newton. Went down to the hotel bar and every local in there worked for Maytag!
Whats really sad to see is how close this was made to the end of the brand. How they said Maytag should live on forever at the end, when in reality it only had a few years left....
I did see this movie at a suppliers event in Chicago in early 2000.........never forget Jesse White and Gordon Jump. We were at Maytag Neptune times---
The first whirkpool made Maytag washers were the direct drives, and those were highly reliable but right I miss Maytags real brand, with a long stroke back n fourth agitator. They were iconic with the blue powerfin agitators. Such good sounding machines too I can’t wait to find one to own
Now (since the takeover by Whirlpool) Maytag washers are the opposite of the dependable machines they once were. Complete pieces of unmitigated, flimsy garbage that perform poorly, go out of balance at the drop of a hat and notorious for breakdowns and customer dissatisfaction. The company doesn't give a fuck about you or how shitty their machines are and repair costs are obscene.
Those were not very good quality machines. Anything made after 1999 was junk from Maytag….the real Maytags were the 80s and prior machines with the blue powerfin agitators. Those were REAL washers with real durability and reliability
