On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 18:42:24 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

>jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 8/10/2020 8:36 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> > U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Sun, 9 Aug 2020 13:10:04 -0400, jmcquown
>> > > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > I'm expecting delivery of one if not tomorrow then later in the
>> > > > week.
>> > > >
>> > > > I wound up buying one from Lowe's. There's a Lowe's in town
>> > > > but I bought it online.
>> > > >
>> > > > It's a Frigidaire, 22 cu. ft. side by side with ice/water
>> > > > dispenser. I drink a lot of ice water and I'm soooo not going
>> > > > back to ice cube trays again! Free delivery but every place
>> > > > now charges for hauling away the old appliance.
>> > > >
>> > > > Once again, thanks to the virus, it might be delivered tomorrow
>> > > > but they'll call ahead of time to let me know. That's a good
>> > > > thing, actually. I need time to remove what few things are in
>> > > > the old fridge/freezer before they install the new one and haul
>> > > > the old one away.
>> > > >
>> > > > At least Lowe's had two of them in stock. Supply seems to be a
>> > > > real problem everwhere I looked.
>> > > >
>> > > > Jill
>> > >
>> > > You are so right. Everyone charges to haul away these days.
>> > > Mattresses, refrigerators, sofas. If you can get the refrigerator
>> > > guys to haul it to the curb, will your waste management company
>> > > come by to haul your old fridge away? Here, if I give them a
>> > > call, they have a special truck that does nothing but haul that
>> > > kind of stuff away -- you just have to get it to the curb for the
>> > > special pick up day.
>> > > Janet US
>> >
>> > When we got our new one, we paid for haul away but ended up
>> > freecycling it locally to a family that needed it, which was better
>> > than landfill destination. It was still fully working.
>> >
>> There's the difference. Your old refrigerator, which you ultimately
>> freecycled, was still fully working. I can reliably report this
>> (likely 20 year old) side-by-side wasn't fully working. I couldn't
>> keep milk from curdling. Ice cream melted. No more ice, no more
>> cold water. Ultimately the technician said they don't make the part
>> for it anymore. (Evaporator coil, defrost whatever.) However
>> altruistic as it may sound, I wouldn't foist this ancient
>> refrigererator/freezer on anyone.
>>
>> Jill
>
>Probably not but I like to keep stuff out of landfill. Harmless quirk
>of mine. Yours probably is repairable for a handy person but probably
>not worth it if you had to have a tech come out. Either way, mine's
>now another's garage fridge.

Thats not necessarily a good thing. A friends ancient 'fridge which
they kept in the basement for pop, extra food etc, white wine finally
bit the dust. When it was gone their power bill was nearly halved. So
keeping an old 'fridge is bad, they didn't have the insulation in them
then and they consumed power madly.