sf > wrote:

>I put around $1000 into fixing my refrigerator
>this year (three different visits, four different things to be fixed)
>and it's not more than seven years old. We should have just purchased
>a new one, but we thought the odds were against us spending what we
>did _in less than six months_ when it all started.

It is greener to repair the old unit even if replacing it
would be cheaper. A new refrigerator, being a significant
chunk of metal, represents a large resource spend.

Plus I notice a new Miele refrigerator will set you back $6,200
anyway. Even an LG or a Bosch pushes two grand.

Steve