My fridge/freezer died today.... :(

**Jamauk** · 06-14-2008, 12:27 AM

My fridge/freezer in my kitchen died today

....thankfully we have the extra one out in the garage (in addition to the chest freezer). However, I found some great deals last week on my Coffemate creamer and on yogurt, so that fridge was almost full to begin with.

I had to absolutely stuff everything in there! A lot of my meat that was in my freezer started to thaw, so tomorrow I'll spend the day cooking so I can move a lot of what's in the fridge now to the freezer once its made into something. I sure hope it doesn't make us

Still, its a pain to have to go out to our detached garage just to get some mayo to make a sandwich......

**IntlMom** · 06-14-2008, 12:29 AM

NO WAY!!!! You are the 3rd villager in about a month or two to loose their fridge/freezer!!!
Is it contaigous?!?!?!?

**lisettelovebug** · 06-14-2008, 12:44 AM

Well that stinks!! Hopefully you can find a good deal on one to replace it, or fix it cheap?

**Palooka** · 06-14-2008, 12:51 AM

Move that fridge/freezer from the garage to the kitchen.

I'm sure the meat would still be okay though.

Yeah, bad luck around here..

**Jamauk** · 06-14-2008, 12:58 AM

Originally Posted by Palooka

Move that fridge/freezer from the garage to the kitchen.

I'm sure the meat would still be okay though.

Yeah, bad luck around here..

We would, except the one in the garage doesn't match the other appliances and with the house on the market it would just look funny!

DH told me I should clean out the fridge and use it as extra pantry space! The sad thing is - that thought had already occured to me!

**Palooka** · 06-14-2008, 01:02 AM

Originally Posted by Jamauk

We would, except the one in the garage doesn't match the other appliances and with the house on the market it would just look funny!

DH told me I should clean out the fridge and use it as extra pantry space! The sad thing is - that thought had already occured to me!

So are you selling the appliances with the house?

That is a good idea but make sure you uplug it. lol. Ever smelt that horrible smell. Wait, or is it that you keep it turned on. I'm confused.

**Jamauk** · 06-14-2008, 01:07 AM

We didn't list that the fridge stays, we were planning to use that as a negotiating tool - guess that flew out the window.....

However, since its not originally offered with the house, we don't have to disclose anything about it. If they say they want it, we just say "ok, but it doesn't work, still want it?"

As for the smell, its already getting musty in there....don't know how to fix that...

**Luv2BeFrugal** · 06-14-2008, 02:28 AM

I'm sorry!! That totally stinks! At least you've got a back up one...even if it's a pain to get to.

**Daisygirl** · 06-14-2008, 05:50 AM

I've been there - glad you have a back-up! It is a hard position to be wihout a fridge, that's for sure.

**Lady_V** · 06-14-2008, 06:49 AM

We STILL have the dead fridge in the kitchen!!!! We're waiting for our check from Lowes... until then... I keep the corpse with me for evidence

Sorry you have to go through this, especially NOW...

If the fridge gets all wonky smelling, people aren't going to want to linger in the kitchen, and the kitchen is considered the heart of the house...

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**The Muse** · 06-14-2008, 08:28 AM

Consider yourself fortunate that you had a back-up.

My sister's fridge/freezer quit during last week's heatwave. By the time she convinced the landlord that it was his responsibility to fix it per the terms of her lease, she'd lost $300+ worth of food. She has 4 kids, makes less than $40K/year and does everything on her own. What a horrible situation!

**ConnieD** · 06-14-2008, 08:44 AM

Oh my goodness!!!!!! Thankfully you had a backup fridge.

I think the Village is definitely on a roll for fridge losses in a short amount of time. Ours is on it's last legs too. It's leaking water from the freezer somewhere and not all the time. Very weird. The fridge is 19 years old though and so we're not going to try to fix it. We're just debating whether to just bite the bullet and go buy one or wait till it totally dies. It is stuffed to the brim with food. We do have another older fridge in the garage too, but that on is full too.

<sigh> never a dull moment, eh?? I'm sure your meat will be fine. Just cook it up and refreeze it :-)

**DonnainME** · 06-14-2008, 11:53 AM

That is horrible. I had a fridge die on me once. Bad memories. Our fridge isn't in the best shape but I am planning on starting to save for a new one.

**jamie79** · 06-14-2008, 12:07 PM

sorry it broke. I think since your selling the house you could pick up an inexpensive one to negotiate better

**estclair63** · 06-14-2008, 12:34 PM

Mine died a couple of weeks ago and I had no recourse at all except to rent one. I hate doing that I can't really afford the monthly payment, but I only had to pay 20.00 for the first month, maybe between now and the next payment I can find a cheap used one somewhere.