Keeping It Simple, Stupid, that is.
Our coffee maker died yesterday. Right after dinner I ran out to K-Mart, 1/2 mile away, and picked up the cheapest, most acceptable looking one I could find. It's a Black and Decker and cost $14. I have no idea whether it got good reviews or not. It has one on/off switch. It makes coffee. Good enough.
Last time, I tried to be a good little consumer and get the absolute best coffeemaker at the best possible price. I checked online reviews, I went to 3 or 4 stores, and ended up spending $55 at Bed, Bath and Beyond. It was a Braun with a programmable timer. Great reviews. Sale price. 4 buttons, two lights. It was a pain in the patootie from the first day we had it. And it died after 3 years and 3 months. What a lot of wasted effort!
Last night we had coffee going in the new pot within 1/2 an hour of the old one dying, and I was able to relax for the rest of my Sunday evening. And I don't even care if this one dies in a year, it will still be cheaper per year than the last one.
KISSing and coffeepots
May 1st, 2006 at 12:21 pm
May 1st, 2006 at 02:29 pm 1146493788
Then we bought one that went into a carafe to stay warm from one of those expensive brands. You have to preheat the carafe or the coffee would not be hot enough, plus it didn't fit under our cabinet. What a pain.
Now we have a plain old Mr. Coffee and it works great!
May 2nd, 2006 at 01:15 am 1146532524
But I also have the $9.99 model for home (on/off are all the fancy choices that it has) and it works great...Itt is about 5 years old now and just keeps on perkin!
No need for fancy/shmancy here!
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