Ask the Guy Who Just Bought a Refrigerator And Didn't Get The Free Icemaker

The BBQ Pit
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Q: Does it have an icemaker?

A: No.

Q: They don’t cost that much, you know.

A: I know. We could have gotten it for free, in fact, but we chose not to.

Q: Why not? It was free!

A: We don’t use much ice, and that just takes up freezer space.

Q: Don’t use ice?

A: No, we don’t use ice. The wife mostly drinks milk and I mostly drink water.

Q: I use ice all the time. I can’t imagine not having an ice maker. I’ve got to have one.

A: Then for YOUR fridge, I suggest you have one.

Q: What about when guests come over?

A: We’ll buy a bag of ice or something. We can still make ice, you know. We have the recipe.

Q: But what if…

A: JESUS CHRIST, WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK? WE DIDN’T GET THE ICE MAKER, OKAY? IS THAT SO FUCKING HARD FOR YOU TO COMPREHEND? WE DIDN’T WANT IT, AT ANY PRICE! WHAT IS SO DIFFICULT ABOUT THAT? YOU WANT AN ICEMAKER, BUY ONE FOR YOURSELF!

Q[sub]2[/sub]: I can’t help but overhear that you bought a new fridge and didn’t get an icemaker. Are you some kind of social deviant?

A: YOU DIE NOW! (shoots Q[sub]2[/sub])

Q: (screams)

A: Fuck! Look what you’ve made me do!

Q: HELP POLICE! THERE’S A MADMAN WITH NO ICE MAKER, AND HE SHOT SOMEONE!

(sirens, A runs offstage)

Q[sub]3[/sub]: No ice maker? Why on earth would someone not have an ice maker?

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I am in full support of your no-icemaker decision. We happen to use a lot of ice, but believe that ice made in a tray is far superior to home icemaker ice. When we bought a new fridge, we opted against the icemaker, too.

Hang in there. You’re not alone.

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I think I understand what you are trying to say. You chose not to get the free icemaker because it takes up so much room, and the bags of ice would no longer fit in the freezer.

So, you gonna use those ice tray thingies, instead?

::::::::d & r ::::::::

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Ice trays are so low tech.

We also bought a fridge without the icemaker. They had to take it out as the model we wanted came with them. It’s just one more thing to break.

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You are not alone, Legomancer.

Several years ago the water line to my grandmother’s icemaker ruptured while the GP’s were away on a trip. They came home a few days later to find almost $7000 in water damage. :eek:

When I bought a fridge last year the nice lady at Sears thought I was some kind of Luddite because I didn’t want one.

Zap!

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My apartment came with a refrigerator with ice maker, and I find it to be more annoying than anything else. As others have said, it takes up valuable space, and my roommates and I don’t use that much ice, so the cubes turn into a big blob over time, and we have to throw them out. Pain inna butt, that thing. I don’t understand why people are so attached to them. Like it’s THAT hard to make ice in a tray.

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Dude, you didn’t get the free icemaker?

I hope and pray that our fridge will die so that we can get a new one with an icemaker. I’ve already thought about where I’d hook into the water system, where to run the tubing, and what will be on the “Come celebrate our new icemaker” party menu.

If we’re feeling exceptionally rich at the time, we might get a model with ice AND water in the door. But that’s just a dream at this point.

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Well, I used to make my own ice, but I lost the recipe. For flavor, the store-boughten kind just doesn’t match up. :slight_smile:

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Just tell the stupid prying bastards that you didn’t feel like hiring a plumber to run water lines to your refrigerator.

Works for me. :slight_smile:

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I’m glad I don’t have an icemaker, because in my neighborhood, I have to use a tap-mounted water purifier to address water quality issues. If I got an icemaker in my fridge, I’d have to figure out how to get purified water to it. I’d rather use trays, which are quite simply held under the tap. Sure, I have to use half a brain cell when I see my trays empty to remember to fill them up, and I may not always have Ice On Demand during peak usage, but at least my ice is clean.

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Fridge water always tastes weird to me.

A subtle nuance in the bouquet of the water seems to be missing, as well as the unwanted addition of a subtle metallic tang in the whole “fridge water” experience.

Pfagh! I spit on thee, fridge water!

Fenris

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Actually, almost all the fridges with ice/water on the door have a built-in water filter. After all, it gives them a chance to hit you for $30.00 every 6-12 months for a new filter.

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I totally prefer the quality and taste of store bought ice, it’s just so clean and clear, and has that cool hole in the center. I think I’ll go buy some ice tonight…

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As long as I’ve been alive, my ice maker has been a freezer and plastic trays. The trays are your friend. They never betray you. They don’t clog up when you pour Mountain Dew in 'em. They are a stronghold of security in a world gone mad.

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Well, I don’t personally have a strong stance on icemakers, but I just want to say that that was one of the funniest rants I’ve read in my time on the SDMB. Good show!

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Lego, we’re going to be replacing a nice fridge that has an icemaker and water in the door. Would you like to have it?

:smiley:

Ow! Quit throwing icecubes at me!

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I supose you are all the sort of freaks who are coordinated enough to carry an ice tray full of water across the kitchen without spilling it: I commend you for your skills, but you might remember that there are plenty of us without your weird genetic mutation.

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The rant made me lose my composure in the middle of a boring computer class, so now my classmates think I’m some kind of idiot and stifling my laughter gave me a pounding headache which is only now fading.

Thanks a lot. Creep.

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They make refrigerators that make ice for you? No way! Next you will be telling me that they make them in some color other than avacado, too! Hyeah. like I’d believe that!

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I’ll consider an icemaker when they come out looking like little breasts.

:: wanders off to Spencer’s Gifts to shop for ‘special’ ice trays ::