The excitement of buying new appliances can soon fizzle when something goes wrong. Most appliances offer at least a one year warranty; however, if you don't know where to look for the Serial Number and Model Number, you will more than likely not get a service person at your house to fix the problem until you provide both Serial Number and Model Number. The person who works for the Manufacturing Company does not care where you live or what your name is - they want your Serial Number and Model Number.
The problem with newer appliances is that they put the Model Number and Serial number in those hard to find places where you would never expect to look and the numbers and letters are long and very, very, very tiny. For example, my washing machine Serial Number and Model Number is on the back of my machine. Not only do I have to pull the washing machine out to get to the sticker, I practically have to stand on my head with a magnifying glass to read the combination of numbers and letters.
On my kitchen stove, I have get down on the floor and locate the smallest sticker known to man in the bottom left corner that butts up to the corner of my kitchen sink.
For all my appliances, I have had to play hide and seek to locate the Model Number and Serial Number. Eventually, I found them all printed on itsy, bitsy, teeny weenie letter and number combinations that are impossible to read without a magnifying glass or being a contortionist.
When purchasing new appliances, I recommend recording the Serial Numbers and Model Numbers when the delivery man delivers the appliances. If your property is sold, be sure to pass that information on to a Buyer when they buy your home and the appliances stay. Two years ago I purchased a washing machine and I justed received notification that there has been a recall on my washer. However, before they would come out to upgrade the appliance, they needed the Serial Number and Model Number - they didn't care about my name or address until I relayed that information. Only then, after providing them with both, did they ask for my email address, telephone number, home address, and name - in that order.
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