• Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip
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    2 days ago

    I hear your and generally agree, but honestly the cost of a fridge conking out isn’t just the fridge, theres probably a bunch of food in there as well at risk, so maybe 2-3x repurchasing.

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      1 day ago

      Fridge died and I lost nothing but ice production for a couple of days. Loaded everything into coolers I’d found and fixed up, along with the ice and freezer packs. Found another cooler tonight! Needs the telescoping handle fiddled with and cleaned out. Yet another example of stupid consumerism. That same cooler is $45 at Dollar General. I’ll have 20-minutes of work in it and zero dollars.

      Fridge died after the hurricane last week. Again, we lost nothing. Went to my camp in the swamp and grabbed my crappy Harbor Freight generator and powered 5 houses worth of fridges for my neighnbors.

      If your risk tolerance is low, handyman skills low and bank account high, sure, buy new shit.