Nate Nagel wrote:
LouB wrote:
Nate Nagel wrote:
Finally got the design department to accompany me to Sears to look at
fridges; I'd taken the advice given in the last thread to heart and
was planning on concentrating on Whirlpool-made models. However, the
design department seemed to be consistently drawn to the LG-made
models, and I have to admit, simply from a convenience and feature
perspective, I had to agree. (probably not going to buy at Sears
unless their prices turn out to be the best, but I figured it was a
good place to start, and I had a bunch of old gift cards that I
needed to burn up, and I needed a new Pitman arm puller.)

What she wants: french-door, bottom freezer model, preferably with
ice maker and shaved ice would be a bonus. The Asian mfgrs. seem to
be the only ones really doing this style; the majority of these
seemed to be either LG or Kenmore-branded models that appeared to be
LGs in drag. She also liked one GE I think.

What to do...?

any experience with LG fridges? worth a try, or should I just go
with plan A which was "pick up something in better shape off
craigslist and hope for the best?" With the stuff we were looking
at, picking a lemon could be an EXPEN$IVE mistake! (dang, those
things cost a lot of money.)

As I sit here in my basement, I can hear my old fridge running
though, which motivates me to spend money and get one of those nice
shiny QUIET new ones...

On a completely different topic, I drove out of my way to go to the
"nice" Sears in the suburbs, and the tool department was definitely
showing signs of the economy. The guy that was helping me find all
the items on my tool wish list was apologizing that they didn't carry
a lot of stock due to the fact that business was slow. HOWEVER... he
did spend about 20 min. looking up a "front end service kit" made by
K-D for me, ordered it online to be delivered to my house (no
shipping charge,) and consolidated all my gift cards into one so that
he could do the transaction. And ended up to be an old car owner
himself (Mercs and Volvos.) Amazing - customer service AND
knowledgeable. Hope they keep him around, was weird yet pleasant to
find real help in a Sears tool dept.

nate

Suggest you use google too see what comes up in reviews re service and
reliability.

Lou

I did, it wasn't reassuring. Of course, when you go *looking* for
problems, all you'll find are reports of problems...

Kitchenaid is made by whirlpool, yes? I think they make one that's
almost as nice as the LG's appearance wise, although it doesn't have the
cool LED lighting that appeals to my inner engineer...

(y'know, left to my own devices, I'd probably buy a $500 builder's
special, slap a wireless thermometer on it to calibrate it, and call it
soup. But when you have an in-house design consultant aka SWMBO...
things get complicated.)

nate


That is what I heard about LG also so now it may come down to getting a
service contract (ugh). Also, be sure SWMBO knows the possible
reliability/service issues. OTOH I like the idea the kind of box she
has picked.

Lou