Yesterday, we gave away our ~6-year-old GE French-door refrigerator after a never-ending slog of repairs. At least the guy and his mother who came to pick it up have a side-hustle of repairing and reselling appliances. There's hope it won't end up in a landfill. He offered to sell me a 4-door Samsung. No Thanks! I'm done with over-complicated appliances. Refrigerator repair is not a skill I'm looking to hone any further.

  • qqq@programming.devOPEnglish
    5·
    7 months ago

    When you do buy one make sure it is one that could be legally sold in the EU so you can get one that lasts.

    I was going to call BS, but I set my VPN to Dublin, Ireland and started shopping there using google maps.

    Some places I looked:

    https://powercity.ie

    https://www.appliancesdelivered.ie/

    https://www.miele.ie/e/refrigeration-appliances-1022129-c

    Lot of interesting brands I ran across:

    BEKO
BOSCH
CANDY
HOOVER
HOTPOINT
INDESIT
LIEBHERR
MIELE
NORDMENDE
NORKO
POWERPOINT
SIEMENS
TCL
WHIRLPOOL

    Really surprising to my that a Bosch / Miele can be had for less than $1000. In the US, it’s hard to find anything less than $3k in those brands. I have seen some places around here sell Beko, but only in white.

    • banghida@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      Avoid Beko, I had a bad experience with them. I have very good experiences with Bosch (series 6) and Miele.

      • qqq@programming.devOPEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        I dodged that bullet then. I do have a Bosch dishwasher. It’s fairly new and I like it so far.