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whatever you buy extended warranties are cheap with todays junk options on appliances and i would highly recommend the purchase of them on anything over $500.00 dollars
i have yet to not get my moneys worth out of them with todays junk

I also would like to buy a non-Chinese refrigerator/freezer. There are NONE available from the appliance stores I can find. But I know a lot of people in Germany, Austria, Italy and Norway. Having spoken to them about what is available in their countries I find that good refrigerator/freezer are available in Europe, but are wired for 240 volts. So if you were to knowledgeable on hot to convert American DC 240 to their machines it may be possible to buy something that will still last 30+ years, but you can forget getting any long lasting merchandise out of the Chi/Comms.
My friends tell me that such things cost about 2100 Euros which would convert to over $2500, but if you did get one it would likely last most adults the rest of their lives. As opposed to spending 1/2 that on a POS that is doing very well to last 6 years with 4 years being more the average.

So far my wife and I have not found a way to buy one and ship it over, but we are investigating the possibility now.

Maytag was bought out in the early 2000’s by whirlpool. The first thing they did was to shut down all of the Maytag plants. Maytag in name only. I worked for Maytag for 8 years until they closed our plant.

It's not the voltage that's the issue, but the frequency (50 Hz in Europe vs. 60 Hz in USA). It's easy to wire a 120VAC circuit to 240VAC in your breaker box, but 60 Hz 240VAC will put more stress on an electric motor than 50 Hz 230VAC, which is the "official" EU household electrical supply voltage. You could easily burn up motors if they aren't rated for the amperage resulting from the higher frequency source.

Be careful if you import a Euro-spec electrical appliance. Examine the motor electrical limitations closely.

Not only are they chit but hard to find right now.

Got two slightly smaller ones than the dead one. Gonna stick one in the shop somewhere amongst that jungle of junk.

That'll make 3 freezers and 2 refrigerators to keep running after the next hurricane.

Might have to buy another generator.

It never ends.

That's freezer hoarding !

Hoosier hawk said:
It's not the voltage that's the issue, but the frequency (50 Hz in Europe vs. 60 Hz in USA). It's easy to wire a 120VAC circuit to 240VAC in your breaker box, but 60 Hz 240VAC will put more stress on an electric motor than 50 Hz 230VAC, which is the "official" EU household electrical supply voltage. You could easily burn up motors if they aren't rated for the amperage resulting from the higher frequency source.

This is something I am told by others far more knowledge than I am and I don't know if such system can be converted to American power, or if American power can be converted to 50Hz.
I am the LAST person to try it myself. I make fire with electricity pretty well, but if you don't want blue arcs and a lot of smoke I am not the guy for the job.

Anyone out there know if this is possible.

Here is a link to a good review of our situation and how the public is sold down the river today.
See the first line in the last paragraph, which pretty much confirms what I thought was true.
https://consumersane.com/most-reliable-refrigerator-brand/

Lady at China Freight tried her best to sell me an extended warranty for "only $20" on a $80 Bauer pole saw last week.

Exactly opposite our consumer experience. We won't buy any of those anymore.

Probably why he has so many repairmen working full time.

I know it's difficult, but try to step into the world of accepting responsibility for your own life and actions.

Is asking a repairman which one to buy anything like asking a barber if you need a haircut?

Yep, stopped at the Horrible Freight for another furniture dolly for the extra freezer.

The nice lady worked hard to sell me the extended warranty for a $15 dolly. I think she said it would be $7, not sure, she was mumbling through a face mask.

I’m familiar with pathetic boomer attempts to deflect culpability.

Just find a used 70's freezer, it will out live us all.

Maybe you should focus on accepting responsibility for yourself, instead of blaming everybody else who came before you for your shortcomings.

Funny. My generation, the generation before us, and the Greatest Generation never blamed those who came before them.

It's all the younger cry babies who just can't cut the mustard and never grew any grit.

Not if he's your son in law giving you advice. His recommendation is based upon frequency of breakdowns, cost of repair, and parts availability, and warranty claim rate.

They just bought a house. The kitchen has a new Whirlpool refrigerator, stove and dishwasher, and they have a Maytag washer and dryer set in the laundry room.




He looooooooves Samsung refrigerators. One could make a fairly good living doing nothing but reparing them, according to him. People are willing to spend $1,200 to fix a $3,500 refrigerator. Not so willing spend $400 to fix a $700 GE dryer, however.

HoosierHawk, Thanks for posting this advice. Some of us here actually appreciate it.

We had a side x side for about 20 years, we bought it used so I'd guess it was at least 30 years old, worked good but we wanted a bigger one. We bought a new frigidaire side x side and first thing I noticed was our electric bill dropped near $30 a month. Gave the old one to a nephew and it's still going strong, same with ours and it's been near 10 years. Freezer is set up in the house if that makes a difference.

Lucky you.The older models must be better than the current JUNK that GE is putting out.

Kinda funny(odd) ain't it? All my years of everybody responsible for their actions & bucking up to responsibility, only to live long enough to see & hear folks, Karens, snowflakes, constantly, consistently blaming chit on others.

Boo fugging hoo.