A native Californian transplanted in southern Illinois.My oven has been behaving badly for several months now. On Friday, I had MrsM180 pick up some take and bake pizza. Well, I had a heck of a time getting that dough to cook. BF was here, and he said I should look for a new stove on Craig's List. I pooh-pooh'd that idea. I mean, I don't want to deal with Craig's List people and looking at used stoves, not knowing what questions to ask, etc.
Sunday morning when I woke up and trotted out to the living room, BF was sitting on the couch with my laptop. He said "look at this", and I saw he had found a stove and microwave just listed that morning. They looked clean, and very similar to the models I have now. They were asking $100. (The microwave is the built-in kind that matches the stove).
I talked with the owner yesterday. He stated they both work perfectly, but that he and his wife had upgraded their appliances to stainless steel. He was working yesterday, but said we could come this morning (Monday) to see the appliances. BF said he would deal with it, and I handed him $100.
BF texted a bit after nine that he was on his way to my house with my new appliances. I hope the installation went well. I can hardly wait to get home and see! 
Craig's List Score
August 4th, 2014 at 10:17 pm
August 4th, 2014 at 11:12 pm 1407193976
August 5th, 2014 at 12:26 am 1407198372
August 5th, 2014 at 12:41 am 1407199267
Occasionally someone will get sucked into replacing functional washers and washer/dryer pairs with the front loaders with the pedestals and automotive pearl paint. They talk themselves into this by buying into the water and energy savings pitch without doing the math.
August 5th, 2014 at 01:19 am 1407201555
August 5th, 2014 at 04:12 am 1407211975
This stainless steel craze is inexplicable. Every fingerprint shows and if you don't polish with the 'grain' the appliance looks ghastly.