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Steve Freides[_2_] Steve Freides[_2_] is offline
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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


Use it in good health. I wish we had space for something like that but
we've got counters and cabintes on both sides and above, and we only can
fit a small one.

-S-