On 9/20/2014 1:51 PM, George Leppla wrote:
> A few weeks ago we bought a new refrigerator. After a lot of looking
> around we decided we wanted a French Door model with lower freezer. Ice
> maker is a must. We shopped our favorite appliance dealer and found this:
>
> http://www.samsung.com/us/appliances...RF28HFEDBSR/AA
>
> The place we buy appliances is a local company that specializes in
> selling floor models, discontinued models, scratch and dent, overstocks,
> etc. They also sell refurbished used appliances. So far we have bought
> a stove, washing machine and now this refrigerator.
>
> This unit is selling at Sears for around $1800. Our refrigerator is
> brand new, has two small dents in the door (one way up high, the other
> way down low). All the protective factory film was still on the unit
> when we got it. We paid $750, including tax and delivery and set up....
> and removal of our old unit... which they will probably clean up, check
> out and sell for around $150.
>
> The unit is so big that all the doors had to come off to get it into the
> house... and I had to remove the front door.
>
> It is probably too big for our kitchen, but we tend to buy things in
> bulk when they are on sale. We will be remodeling our kitchen this
> Fall... should probably have done that first, but this was too good a
> deal to pass up.
>
> Digital controls... fridge is set at 36 degrees and the freezer at 6
> degrees. I know they recommend Zero degrees but Ice cream gets too hard
> to serve at that temperature. Everything else besides the ice cream
> degrees is rock hard at 6 degrees, so that is where we set it.
>
> Three weeks and everything works perfectly. The ice maker is a bit
> loud, but so was our old one. I like the LED lighting. I find I am
> still opening both doors when I want something from the refrigerator.
> With time, we'll get everything settled in place and only have to open
> one door to grab what we want.
>
> We are pretty happy with this purchase.
>
> George L
>
>
Good luck with the new fridge. Always make sure the through the door
ice maker is not leaking. My old one did and that's how I broke my knee.
My new one has just a plain ice maker inside the freezer.
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