Before the Appliance Revolution of the 1960's, American citizens toasted their bread in darkened boiler rooms and cleaned their living room carpet by handpicking crumbs in the dead of night. Celebrate unrepressed doodads with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $50 worth of home appliances and more at Appliance Center in Maumee. Serving the greater Toledo area for more than 45 years, Appliance Center brings game nights at home to life with more than 100 brands of kitchen gadgets, cleaning apparatuses, electronic thingamajigs, and enough furniture to comfort an entire battalion of gossiping talk show hosts. A ceramic, urn-shaped lamp ($50) makes assembling a swivel pub stool ($55) and a latté-brewing robot humanoid effortless, while the 3-in-1 PS/2 keyboard, optical mouse, and speakers kit ($12.99) successfully outfits computers yearning for self-expression.

Reviews

Four Judy's Book users give Appliance Center a three-star average:

• We have purchased every appliance we have ever bought since we've been married at Appliance Center. – Michelle G.