Bought a Black and Decker coffee maker two months ago--$17. Ours usually last for years and years...even cheap ones. It started not draining. The filter basket is half full of water when I go to empty it. I've tried everything to figure out the problem--but nothing helped.

Bought a new one yesterday--Mr. Coffee. I told hubby I was worried because it had the same set up as the last one. Made coffee this morning and sure enough--the filter basket is half full of water. :|

Is this how they work now???

This banner ad zoned in on 'coffee' right away. That is funny.
Don't know about your coffee maker, I am waiting for ours to konk out so I can get another one.

I don't think either one of them should be doing that. Maybe there is a short in your outlet box.

I don't know, but hie thee to a Starbucks, fast!!

Then, once you have caffeine in your system, check for an 800 number or website???

That is tantamount to having a sewing machine breakdown.... :thumbdown:

I use a percolator on the stove. I like the taste better for when I do drink coffee. (I normally drink tea)

I remember being at my best friend's house when in high school and the smell of her mom's coffee on the stove was amazing!!! Hubby's Nana used to do her's on the stove also.

I use a percolator too. I had a Farberware one for more than 20 years, and when it went, I bought another. Even those are not made as well as they used to be. I have an antique one that I keep for backup (the plug is way old) and it never fails, but I find myself replacing the percolator every 2-3 years. DAmnit.

I have a one cup Kurp. and for back up my Franchpress.

No that is not how they are suppose to work... is it a cone basket and does it have where you can pour a cup while it still makes coffee ?

Mine has done that a few times and the basket is not seated correctly.. it will start and then the basket area fills with water but not the pot :roll: It may appear to be in correct , but it is not. Play with the basket :thumbup: Trust me been there, done that :wink:

The coffe you are using may be too finely ground and it's clogging the filter. Are you nearing the bottom of the coffee package? If you are, try mixing it with some coffee from a newer package.

Some of them have a "Steal-a-cup" feature where they will stop draining into the pot if the carafe top is not pushing a button up. Try seating the carafe so the handle sits at a different angle and see if that solves the problem. Could it be that your coffee filters are too thick? Odd to get two lemons in a row like that.

I am wondering if your coffee filters are large enough? Did you buy the 4 cup ones by mistake? If so, all it takes is a ground or two to get stuck in that spring mechanism and it will clog the basket.

I just ran water through and it worked fine. I just turned the carafe handle to the other side. The coffee is stuff we buy ground--always consistent--and the filters are the same we've always purchased. We only have coffee in the morning on the week days--so I'll have to wait till tomorrow to see if anything worked. I've moved the carafe to all angles and have pushed it up... this is the strangest thing!!

Guess what? I traded some coffee filters at work--gave them 30--took 5. :lol: And the coffee maker works perfectly fine with these filters!!! Mystery solved! I should have realized it because it's the only thing I changed--bought new filters--BUT they are the same filters I've always used! So weird. I'll have to replace the ones I left at work--they have the same coffee maker as we do here.