If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Another
Well hell’s bells…
The Bad News:
- The refrigerator just went out - the compressor - so I have to buy a new one. It was 9 years old.
Why not have it fixed? By the time you pay for a new compressor and the labor to install it, it costs more than a new refrigerator, unless you’re talking about a model worth over $2000 in today’s dollars, which I won’t likely buy ever.
The Good News:
- I have a spare in the garage to keep the food until we can get a new refrigerator today (Lowe’s opens at 6 a.m.)
- I have a chest freezer
- We didn’t lose any food because of the spare refrigerator and chest freezer
- A new refrigerator the right size is on sale at Lowe’s for $763 (plus tax), so that will come to $832; regular price on the same model is $898 before taxes
- I just got a refund of my escrow account from my attorney, and it will more than cover the cost of the new refrigerator, so I don’t even have to hit the baby emergency fund
- Delivery will be today or tomorrow
- Delivery, installation and removing the old fridge are fully covered by a rebate
Why not bring the refrigerator in the garage inside and use it? It’s too small, very old and still really dirty, even though I’ve cleaned it with everything I can think of. I’m a chemist, so my range of cleaning chemicals is pretty broad. I bought it used for $50 years ago for brewing beer and storing soft drinks (when we could afford such things).
Hello, Murphy.
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