"graham" > wrote in message
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> "Mike Acord" > wrote in message
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> > I can't speak to the bottom-freezer model, but we purchased an Amana a
> > while ago, and have never been happy with the quality. It never cooled
> > sufficiently, and was poorly constructed, with a bundle of weak plastic
> > parts. I'm going back to Kenmore.
> > Mike Acord
> >

Whirlpool makes most of the Kenmore refrigerators, but you could
theoretically end up with another Amana with a Kenmore label. Kenmore is
akin to the "badge engineering" used by car makers. Sears farms out the
manufacturing of their good to others.