[Imc] The Fridge & Freezer Report

[Mike Lehman]

Nancy,
The suggestion was to not get the extended warranty at all, but if we
did, it would be from Dick van Dyke if we bought there. Theirs seems to
be good from what I've heard. It goes for seven years at no extra
charge, but requires a $40 payment if needed i.e. you don't pay for it
unless you need it. It's not actually free, since you pay about $18 more
for the appliance upfront. Due to the low cost of the unit, I think we
should just go forward with the cheaper Best Buy freezer and take our
chnances on ever needing a repair. I believe both units were the same
manufacturer, but I don't recall the name.
Mike Lehman

nancy dietrich wrote:
> 
> 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:
SNIP
> > 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.