http://www.prouse.org/2007/03/28/ineeka-tea/ The Prouse Family on the Web Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:20:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.prouse.org/2007/03/28/ineeka-tea/#comment-818 Lori Pelletier Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:37:52 +0000 http://www.prouse.org/?p=142#comment-818 This week our fridge that we paid $1200.00 for is now 'pouched', as they say, after ONLY 1year and 4 months! Apparantly with the new gas that has replaced Frion, it is not so compatable with the copper wire at the back (maybe we could ask Steve more about it). I would like to look more into it and whether my repair guy was just an angry man, but he seems to have the idea of....Fridges only last now between 7to12 years, then they are too expensive to fix ($800-$900), so we might as well buy a new one. Guess where the fridges go? Yes, the dump, ALL of it! They used to be recycled, but apparantly not the best business anymore. Apparantly, the gas corrodes the copper wire and within up to a year to 12 years later the gas leaks out. Our warranty covers it so far, so we still have a fridge, for at least another year! Also, when we orderd our fridge the front had a big scratch, THREE doors later, they got it right. I asked, where do all these doors go? "The dump." the guy replied.UGGGHH!! I literally went cold at the thought of all those brand new doors going into a dump! Not ANY parts recycled! I suppose if you don't go through the warranty or send it back to the company, you could have your fridge picked up by a second hand place. But who does this, unless they want to throw away $1200.00. Let me know if any of this is not accurate, but so far seems like a HUGE waste! (One fridge size, would take a lot of tea tins to add up to that size!) This week our fridge that we paid $1200.00 for is now ‘pouched’, as they say, after ONLY 1year and 4 months! Apparantly with the new gas that has replaced Frion, it is not so compatable with the copper wire at the back (maybe we could ask Steve more about it). I would like to look more into it and whether my repair guy was just an angry man, but he seems to have the idea of….Fridges only last now between 7to12 years, then they are too expensive to fix ($800-$900), so we might as well buy a new one. Guess where the fridges go? Yes, the dump, ALL of it! They used to be recycled, but apparantly not the best business anymore. Apparantly, the gas corrodes the copper wire and within up to a year to 12 years later the gas leaks out. Our warranty covers it so far, so we still have a fridge, for at least another year! Also, when we orderd our fridge the front had a big scratch, THREE doors later, they got it right. I asked, where do all these doors go? “The dump.” the guy replied.UGGGHH!! I literally went cold at the thought of all those brand new doors going into a dump! Not ANY parts recycled! I suppose if you don’t go through the warranty or send it back to the company, you could have your fridge picked up by a second hand place. But who does this, unless they want to throw away $1200.00. Let me know if any of this is not accurate, but so far seems like a HUGE waste! (One fridge size, would take a lot of tea tins to add up to that size!)

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