Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Now for the Airing of Grievances

When I woke up yesterday morning, a puddle of water stretched across our kitchen floor. I traced it back to the ice dispenser on the door of our GE refrigerator. The freezer had stopped working overnight, and the ice in the icemaker was melting all over. All our food had thawed out and had to be thrown away. We later determined that the fridge had stopped cooling too, and most of that food got thrown away also.

The fridge is less than three years old.

Of course, the customer service folks said that they would offer us $50 toward the purchase of a new GE refrigerator if we pay $90 for a repairman to come diagnose the problem but choose not to have it repaired. I only have to pay $90 to get $50 back (for an irresistible net value of -$40!) on the purchase of a new GE refrigerator that will break in less than three years? Gee, how could I pass up an offer like that!?

Hopefully the repair doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

Moral of the story: don't buy a GE refrigerator.

4 comments:

Fabulous Featherette said...

Very frustrating. Did the repairman come yesterday or are you living out of a cooler?

C&C said...

That sucks. At least you have tile floor so that didn't get ruined, too. So much ice cream gone to waste...

SAM!!! said...

they don't make em like they used to?!
Oh and sorry to hear it. House/ yard/ appliance troubles are quickly becoming my mortal enemy. As soon as one thing is fixed/ updated the next one busts.

Sarah H said...

Ugh. What a pain!