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Well, I was going to buy a bike on e-bay....but that has been shot.
My townhouse was built 3 years ago, and it came with all new appliances. My fridge went out on my yesterday...yes...it died after only 3 years. I had to run to Wal-Mart late last night and buy a deep freezer and a bunch of ice so that I could save some of my food....which I had just stocked up on for Memorial day. (At least the beer will be OK).
I called GE to have them send someone out to look at it. First off....it's $70 dollars just for them to come to the door. The guy walks in, and looks at it for about 5 minutes....then tells me that I need a new defrost heater...whatever that is. Ok...fine. He then tells me that the total cost will be $250!!! ***?! Okay....whatever...there is nothing I can do about it. My food is basically spoiling in the fridge.
But here is the problem.....he had the part swapped in about 40 minutes. And 15 minutes of that was thawing ice.
The part itself was $40.00....which isn't that bad. I ran upstairs and priced the part online...it can be had for $28 plus shipping..which makes it about $34 OK....I can live with that.
HOWEVER, that means that I was charged $140 in labor...for less than an hours work.
That is a major rip. Being a do it yourself kinda guy, I've gone back and re-did everything the repairman did. If you don't have to thaw ice, it's a 10 minute job AT MOST. Remove two screws and the back panel. Remove two more screws and unplug the old unit....then reverse and go home. You don't have to move the fridge...or even unplug it.
I've contacted GE about the labor charge. We will see.
Being that I spent 250 bucks on my fridge, and another $150 on a deep freezer....there went my e-bay money for a 1974 Honda CB 360. Dang....
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