[Imc] The Fridge & Freezer Report

[nancy dietrich]

Mike-
FYI- I know 2 people who purchased extended warrenties from Best Buy and
something happened to their appliance & Best Buy didn't honor the
warranty.  So if we want an extended warrenty (which I've always heard
aren't worth the extra $ anyway) I suggest not getting it from Best Buy.


On Tue, 22 May 2001 15:47:28 -0500 Mike Lehman <rebelmike at earthlink.net>
writes:
> Here's what I discovered about our options, followed by my
> recommendation.
> 
> A new refrigerator will cost at least $400. It would be relatively
> small, but efficient. Yearly operating cost: ~$55-$60
> 
> A used refrigerator, with 6-month guarantee would be $290. The thing 
> is
> around 10 years old. Questionable deal. at Dick van Dyke
> 
> A new 9 cu-ft upright freezer (like a fridge, but all freezer) is 
> $270.
> A little large for our needs, plus they are less efficient than
> chest-type freezers. I forgot to check operating cost on this one. 
> At
> Dick van Dyke which, has a good 7-year guarantee at no extra charge.
> 
> A new 7.2 cu-ft chest-type freezer would be $180 at Best Buy; $229 
> at
> Dick van Dyke. This one is about half again as wide as a regular 
> fridge
> and about hip-high. Operating cost= $25 year
> 
> A new 5 cu-ft chest-type freezer would be $158 at Best Buy; $175 at 
> Dick
> van Dyke.
> This is about as wide as a regular fridge and about hip-high. 
> Operating
> cost= $21 year
> 
> Recommendation: We might consider the new 7.2 cu-ft chest freezer, 
> but
> it takes up a little too much room for our situation.
> 
> I suggest we go with the 5 cu-ft from Best Buy:
> 1) It's cheapest, both to buy and own.
> 2) It could fit in the front room where the snack rack is currently. 
> We
> could simply set the snack rack up agaisnt the freezer and the 
> freezer
> against the staff desk. This might help increase frozen sales. It 
> could
> be moved to the back room when the heat is over if we ned a little 
> more
> room in the fall and winter.
> 3) No one has said that the old fridge doesn't keep soda cool. There 
> are
> larger, dorm-type fridges available for under $200. Their freezers 
> are
> inadequate for our needs, but, if and when the old fridge goes, I
> suggest we consider something like that. Until that should happen we 
> are
> money ahead.
> 4) Dick van Dyke has a good extended guarantee, but I doubt if we'll
> have a problem. It's only a few dollars more if people think we 
> should
> go that route and is already included in the price of the unit, not 
> as
> an extra charge. It may not apply for units not in home use, as I 
> didn't
> check on that.
> 
> I am putting this out for comment now, because the meeting this 
> Sunday
> may be a little too small (with the holiday weekend) to make a 
> decision.
> We may not want to wait another week and with Cinncy coming up we 
> may
> the same problem the week after. I could go ahead and obtain the 
> unit if
> everyone assents to it, but I'm not sure if this will work
> procedure-wise. Let me know if we do want to move on this, otherwise 
> I
> will bring it up at Sunday's meeting and hope we can act then.
> 
> Mike Lehman
> 
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