if its ice in the freezer fine, i am not fond of the through the door stuff,
but we had the in freezer unit, and we really liked not running out of ice
and having cold drinks on demand, Lee
"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:58:00 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
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>>Tommy Joe wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>> On Jul 4, 5:48 pm, Lou Decruss > wrote:
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>>> > My fridge died Saturday. It's 10 years old and not a scratch on it.
>>> > We ordered a new one. Hopefully the electric bill payback will be
>>> > worth it. I just couldn't see putting any money in it. We got the
>>> > bottom freezer drawer type which I've read is pretty economical
>>> > compared to the side by side models. I hope I didn't make a $900
>>> > mistake.
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>>> It's incredible when I think of it, but in my life there are many
>>> things I have never bought. I have never bought a regrigerator
>>> (except for the used one in my story). I have never bought a wallet.
>>> I have never bought a hair brush. I have never bought a razor.
>>> Somehow everywhere I've gone these things have been handed down to
>>> me. The list is endless. So my knowledge of cost with certain things
>>> is very limited. But I think I remember the manager or some worker
>>> here telling me the fridge they put in here when my big monster went
>>> down cost only $200. Like I said, it's cheap feeling, very light,
>>> plastic-like, but it works well, kind of like a cheap-looking light-
>>> weight car that has a good engine. If I had had to buy it myself, I'd
>>> probably still be sitting up here thinking about it - because I HATE
>>> SHOPPING.
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>>Depending on when they got it, that would be the price of a simple unit
>>suitable for a single person's use. Now, you'd spend about 350$ for
>>same but they probably got at least 15% off as a commercial buyer.
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> Home depot gave me 10% off without me even asking.
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>>I'll have to replace mine soon. I can tell at 15 years, it's getting a
>>bit ragged and it's not worth the cost of repair when we can get an
>>energystar and save on the electric as well.
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> Mine was 10 years old and I couldn't see putting any money in it. It
> has no scratches or dents but paying a few hundred bucks to fix it
> didn't make sense. (to me at least)
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>>I priced and what suits us, runs a bit under 800$.
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> Mine was $899 minus the 10%. I got a 4 cu.ft. bar fridge to hold us
> over until the new one is delivered and a cheapo window fan which has
> nothing to do with this. The bill was just over a grand.
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>>Simple but reasonably roomy model where you take a smaller freezer (since
>>i have a
>>chest freezer thats fine here) and get more crisper room for veggies.
>>No ice maker or water in the door stuff for us. Don't need either and
>>it's one less thing to break.
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> I didn't want water or ice either but it comes with ice. It's very
> small and in a good spot. I doubt I'll hook it up.
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> Lou
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