New gas dryer needed fast

19 years ago

My 10-year-old dryer has suddenly given up the ghost. I need to order a new one right away. I've checked Consumer Reports, and their "best buy" is a Kenmore Elite model that performs well and is reasonably priced. I can't seem to find the model (66972) on the Sears website, and the salespeople in our local store don't seem to know much. There are a number of other model numbers listed with this one (6784, 6785, 6786, 7784, 7785, 7786) - I can't find any of them either. I can't tell which of the Kenmore models on offer are equivalent. I need a large-capacity machine (7 cu ft) because I have a front loader.

I don't care about matching my front-loader. I'd just like to have a model that dries well and isn't too expensive. $500-700 is fine; around $1000 is not. I also don't care about noise.

I would be grateful for any suggestions.

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rogerv_gw
19 years ago
Just got a Kenmore 77851 gas dryer the other day, 7.5 cu.ft. capacity. It cost about $630, and I'm getting a 15% rebate for opening and using a Sears credit card. It was delivered and installed the next day and is working very well so far. Much better than our old dryer that was fried in a power failure (*smile*). After I got home from getting the dryer (highly recommended by Consumer Reports...), I noticed that it is not listed yet on the Sears web site, which struck me as odd. Also, it has a remarkable resemblance to the Whirlpool WGD5900...

The new dryer (and our FL washing machine as well) is already on a surge suppressor after the old one got fried by PG&E.

Also, parenthetically, the Sears credit card has an APR of 25%, which I thought was probably a typo or a joke. Called Sears to check the APR, and they verified that 25% was the right rate. Needless to say, I've paid off the dryer on the card (to get the rebate), and will be closing the account as soon as I can manage it.

-Roger
oregpsnow
19 years ago
rogerv - unless you have really great credit don't close the Sears account out right away. This can damage your FICO score. FICO doesn't like it when you open accounts just to buy something then close them. If you have great credit it probably doesn't matter, but for some people it can be a problem.
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rogerv_gw
19 years ago
Hey, thanks for the tip...don't want to get too far from the original poster's question, though.

-Roger
marisany
Original Author
19 years ago
Thanks, Roger. I called our local Sears store, and was told that they had only one of the models I listed (77862). But they could not answer any questions about it (capacity? what kind of door? drum material?) except the price: $679. So I ended up ordering the Whirlpool WGD5900S for $525 from a local appliance store. It was delivered today.

I found an old thread here in which someone recommended the old 29" Kenmore/Whirlpool gas dryers. Let's hope we both have good luck with ours!

Thank you for the tip about credit scores. If I had ordered the Kenmore model, I would have opened a Sears account only to get the discount (12% around here), and then closed it.