[Muncle]

Like Caroline, the concept of the pedestals really ticks me off and would keep me from buying the otherwise superior machine. (Personality flaw -- tick me off and I won't do business with you, even though it would be to my benefit to do so. It's come back to bite me in the rear several times in my life. But that's okay, I sleep better.) Why would a company market a machine with a built-in design flaw, i.e., the thing's too low to use conveniently? Maytag, Whirlpool, whoever could easily raise the height of the doors at a fraction of the cost of the pedestals. Obviously some number crunching genius determined that people would willingly buy the more expensive machines, then think nothing of adding another $200+ per machine to make them usable. That's why they get the big bucks.