Fridge parts are insanely expensive

[UglyCasanova]

I'm fed up with my fridge. Both of the plastic drawers on the bottom are cracked and broken and 2 out of the 3 side rails on the door are broken, and the seal is coming off. And the fridge is only like 3 years old!

I go to their site to check out how much it will be: $50 per drawer!, and each rail for the door is $13! The drawers are nothing but a cheap plastic bin, wtf?!

I looked on ebay but didn't really find anything much cheaper.

 

[IronWing]

Build your own

 

[grrl]

This recent article might be interesting. One reason the prices are so high is try to make youl buy a new machine instead.

 

[alphatarget1]

I cracked the fridge drawer of my roommate/landlord's fridge once. Easily fixable with a duct tape. I offered to give her cash however much it costs to replace it (like 70 bucks) but i ended up just buying a new one.

I would've pocketed the cash, but that's just me.

 

[UglyCasanova]

My door rails are duct taped, and I am going to see if I can fix one of the drawers via duct tape as well. The other drawer is basically missing it's entire front, so it's gone.

 

[TallBill]

Supply and demand

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[evident]

cost $45 for a friggin water filter for the fridge. what a waste of $$$$

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: evident
cost $45 for a friggin water filter for the fridge. what a waste of $$$$

pretty much. my parents' fridge has a water filter... they refuse to replace it.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: grrl
This recent article might be interesting. One reason the prices are so high is try to make youl buy a new machine instead.

Kathryn Harvey, 53, a mother of four who works as a toll collector on the New Jersey Turnpike, said that she bought a Maytag washing machine five years ago that recently began ?screeching.? Although the repair, at $239 plus tax, is only about $150 less than a new machine, Ms. Harvey says every penny counts, particularly since her husband, a truck driver, had his workweek cut by one day. ?I have two sons in college already and my 18-year-old twins are going to college,? she said. ?If I can milk the washing machine to make it work a little longer, talk to it and make it happy, that?s what I?m going to do. I need every cent.?

There's a Maytag washing machine here in my apartment, and it's got to be older than me. It still works too. Counting down until the drum finally rusts through.....5....4....frosted butts....76....chicken.....dammit.

 

[OUCaptain]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Supply and demand

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Pretty much. This is why there's no Autozone or Napa for fridges. You have to go the dealer.