Not trying to say that I don't believe you, but it seems as though my KA KPFP850PM food processor is built like a tank because it was so well-made.
But how it is that one product, that was made in China, I might add, seems so well-made, yet a very simple stand mixer that once was the pride & joy of gourmet chefs and proud cooks alike has fallen by the wayside?! Note that not too long after Whirlpool took over the division, that a tidal wave of KA stand mixers were introduced in various sizes and model numbers. All aimed at wooing prospective customers into thinking that these mixers still have the same quality and reliability that was in place when Hobart had the division. Hobart only made 2 models, while Whirlpool went on a mad rush to fool customers and were pushing their mixers on the market faster than a bullet is fired from a gun!!
Their stand mixers, if you still want to call them that, are NO LONGER being made with the pride & care that used to be put in them when Hobart had the division, causing formerly proud customers like yourself to look elsewhere for a better machine of another brand over what they put on the market so hastily.
It is such a sad state of affairs when stuff is made so cheaply that it's lifespan is cut so short by a company cutting corners to save dough wherever they can and, like you said, the consumer gets ripped off because of cost-saving measures that make a once-solidly-made product become so frowned upon! All because the product that used to be highly depended on more than 20 years ago is now nothing but a piece of hyped up crap!!
But how it is that one product, that was made in China, I might add, seems so well-made, yet a very simple stand mixer that once was the pride & joy of gourmet chefs and proud cooks alike has fallen by the wayside?! Note that not too long after Whirlpool took over the division, that a tidal wave of KA stand mixers were introduced in various sizes and model numbers. All aimed at wooing prospective customers into thinking that these mixers still have the same quality and reliability that was in place when Hobart had the division. Hobart only made 2 models, while Whirlpool went on a mad rush to fool customers and were pushing their mixers on the market faster than a bullet is fired from a gun!!
Their stand mixers, if you still want to call them that, are NO LONGER being made with the pride & care that used to be put in them when Hobart had the division, causing formerly proud customers like yourself to look elsewhere for a better machine of another brand over what they put on the market so hastily.
It is such a sad state of affairs when stuff is made so cheaply that it's lifespan is cut so short by a company cutting corners to save dough wherever they can and, like you said, the consumer gets ripped off because of cost-saving measures that make a once-solidly-made product become so frowned upon! All because the product that used to be highly depended on more than 20 years ago is now nothing but a piece of hyped up crap!!
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