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Default New refrigerator


"Steve Freides" > wrote in message
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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.


My kitchen is the same.