Hi Gardengrl, like Lara I live in a different country so my washing machine advice really won't help you very much.
One suggestion that might help though, is posting your request in the Social Forum. Not everyone visits this forum so you might reach more members that way.
We also have a Classified section and here's the link to that one.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum55.html
Good luck; I hope you get one soon.
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