When it arrives, just hug it for cold comfort.
My same thought. This is not meant to slam the OP, but it reminded me of people who trade in their car because it is (gasp!!) three years old.
I never would have thought that an icemaker would be considered “fancy” in a fridge after say… 1975 or so. Even the ones with the dispenser in the doors stopped being fancy in about 1995 or thereabouts. Can you even get one without an icemaker or ice dispenser anymore here in the US?
Yep. We got ours last year, choosing no ice maker because we have never met ANYone with one that worked properly for very long, so we didn’t bother. And this is in an area where ice is a basic necessity, as it’s quite hot most of the year. (It’s already been over 100 this year, and the average temp for April’s been about 93).
My question for the OP: You say the old fridge ‘came with the apartment’. Does this mean you own that fridge or is it part of the apartment, which you are renting? Or did you buy the apartment? 'cause you might have just bought the real owners a new fridge, if suddenly their old fridge disappears…
Yeah. We finally replaced our 25+ year old fridge mostly because we needed to dress up the kitchen for sale and because it had started making scary groaning noises from time to time. Probably saved a significant amount in electricity in the four months between purchase and moving it here.
One note about newer fridges and freezers (Energy Star rated) is that they have little or no reserve cooling ability. Unlike the old Norge, which would air-condition your house if left open, newer ones will thermally overload very quickly and stop cooling. If you have an experience like the OP, or when we had a kid leave the garage freezer door ajar, give the unit plenty of time to recover cooling - 12-24 hours or more. Also check to see if it tripped a manual-reset thermal overload, although most are auto-resetting.
Oh, it came with the apartment which we bought in 2009. So yes, I own the fridge, and the apartment.
And yeah, I know the fridge isn’t old-old (my parent’s previous fridge had to be manually defrosted), but I thought we needed a new one because, you know, the old one was broken. And it doesn’t look new enough that we should spend the time and money to fix it. It’s not like I woke up one day and was like Whoop! 3 years, time for a new fridge!
These things are very true and agreed. My electric bill when not running the a/c is less than $35 a month, so I won’t be much motivated until it croaks on its own.
Oh, absolutely! And to me they are still fancy-schmancy! We just bought a new fridge about two years ago, very basic…the fridge is nowhere near where a water line is, so it is not worth the money to plumb it in… and mom thinks water from the tap is just fine, grab some ice cubes if you want it colder!
My fridge repair man says the newer fridges are only good for about 7 years as he was diagnosing my ten year old fridge that was obviously dying, it would cost more to replace the compressor than it would to buy a new mid-line fridge. A mover/used furniture dealer that I know told me that fridges now only last about 7 years.
I agree with the poster that said two fridges are a good thing to have. I have a compact fridge in the back room that sees a lot of use.
You have one fridge for food and three for alcohol?
Dude!
I was going to ask why there’s a 21- and 23-year-old apparently still living at home, but nevermind.
It’s a personal fridge choice.
You have a point but I think you’re being really optimistic on the time frame. The references I’ve been able to find say you’ll save hundreds of dollars a year replacing a 30 year old refrigerator but only about $25 a year replacing one that’s 10 years old. While efficiency improved by leaps and bounds from around 1975 to 1995 it really leveled off after that.
So while it makes economic sense to replace a 1970’s model, I don’t think it’s a rational decision to replace anything purchased this millennium if the only reason for doing so is to save money on electricity.
My parents had one that worked off a small pilot light. Had it for over 40 years. Was working when they finally let it go into our cabin at the lake. So far as I know, it is still in there cooling away.
There is natural gas in that part of of Oklahoma.
What? Is the US the only country that allows merchandise returns? Is that for all types of merchandise? What country are you in, and why do folks put up with that?
I really like that there’s a string of questions from kittenblue to Tabby_Cat…
they do like to toy with string.
Mmmmmmrrrow! LOL
May I add my buyers remorse episode to the fray?
My older grandson has graduated to a booster seat where the sash seat-belt locks him in instead of the harness in the baby seat. The seat-belt, however, is a royal pain in the arse to connect to the short fitting at seat level, especially as his baby bro occupies a fully-fitted baby-seat there.
Having the kids for this weekend, my frustration (and niggly back) got the better of me, so I hot-footed it to an auto store to buy a seat-belt extender. Wonderful thing by the way…saves a whole shitload of effort.
Of course, I hadn’t done my homework beforehand had I? I had no idea how much the thingy would cost, so happily forked out just under $60 (AUD) for the answer to my prayers.
Just a word of advice…if you ever perchance buy something from a retailer on the spur of the moment, do NOT check Ebay for their prices later. It’s not good for your hypertension OR for the grandkids to hear such vulgar expletives erupt from your grandmotherly mouth. 