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On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 10:42:31 -0400, "Robert Green"

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"Steve B" wrote in message
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As an example, I was given a fairly new GE refrigerator that was not
running. I'm pretty good at repairing appliances and figured I
could
get this one back online, no problem. PROBLEM! I discovered the
failure was due to a bad temp controller and I went down to my local
appliance parts place, and gave them the model and serial number. I
knew and trusted these guys, from long association, and they told me
this particular model, a low end one, was not worth the effort.
They
said the specialized tool needed to effect said repair would
probably
cost more than a similar model refrigerator. IOW, a disposable
cheapie design.

It seems that on most low price appliances that the cost to repair is
not
worth it. If the item is more than a few years old, you replace one
part
and a month later another part goes out. By the time you get two or
three
parts , you have the price of a new appliance.
This is especially true if you have to pay someone to do the work.

I threw away a good amount of money on two used refrigerators in my
life.
Now, I don't do that any more.

Steve

That's what I would like to avoid. Good money after bad. We're eating
everything in it so I can spend one last time checking it out, then we'll
just get a new one. I am not convinced any of the new ones will be able
to
run over 30 years like this unit has.

It won't, but do you really care?

Nah, now that you mention it, *I* don't think I'll be running for another 30
years, so why worry? The cost savings are proving to be enormous. This
unit uses the same amount of juice in two weeks that the old box used in
three days! And it's much colder, too. The only issue is that I will
probably have to buy an extra shelf. The unit came with only one and that's
certainly not enough. How much do you think they'll gouge me for an extra
shelf?

I just hope it lasts until we move
out, and with wife's new assignment, that could easily be another 3
years.
I can't see the real estate market stagnating for five years, but you
never
know.

It's already been four years. I have complete faith that Obummer will
keep it
going for at least another three and it'll be at least another two or
three to
recover. Five more? No problem. Remember the late '70s and early '80s,

I am trying hard to forget them. In 1980, I bought my first new car with a
20% APR. OUCH!

brought to you by the fiscal policies of Nixon, Ford, and particularly
Obummer's mentor, Carter. I believe the appropriate terms are "malaise"
and
"stagflation".

Japan had over a decade of it. The problem is that each new crisis is
radically different from the old one. Now, the world's economies are so
intertangled that if Greece takes a hard punch, some small country somewhere
else in the world falls over as a result. It's hard to know which way to
turn. It's clear that there are as many proposed solutions are there are
economists.

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Bobby G.