Originally posted by: mugs
Get a 4 cu ft. I've seen them for $100 at Costco and Target. For less than that, you'll probably have to buy used.
Exactly. Get the 4 Cu feet one from Costco that EVERYONE has in their dorms. It's totally worth it and I bet you there are a billion of those on sale from people not wanting them anymore. I think its 4.3 or 4.2 cu ft.
You think it's too big? Just wait till your roommates start stuffing stuff inside. Wait till you start putting those handles of vodka inside....
I still use it as a fridge in my apartment. We have a regular fridge. The freezer is overfilled because my roommate and I don't cook as much. The fridge fills up because I buy those romaine lettuce packs from Costco for my guinea pig. Throw in bread and some leftovers and eggs and a brita filter and drinks and you've got a full fridge.
Where does the alcohol go? In my second fridge of course! That's why I saved my Sanyo Costco fridge. It's amazingly useful. I plug it in the morning before the party starts and when everyone starts coming it's all cold already. Ice is ready by then and then bam. Kickass parties. It's also a way to tell people to GTFO of your main fridge so they don't look around and drink the stuff you drink regularly as chasers and what not.
As for restrictions in dorms.. yea they don't really care. It might be on paper you can't have it but they really turn a blind eye on those things. Microwaves were prohibited but that didn't stop like 3 or 4 of us on the floor to have one. It was much easier walking in next door and heating something up than runnign 3 flights of stairs to the lounge to use the microwave there.