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For the record, I do not know a single person who has bought a Samsung refrigerator and NOT had problems with it. There are actually several class action lawsuits involving them. I'd definitely avoid.
My experience (others' experiences may differ) has been the models with the fancier bells and whistles are more prone to having problems and needing various repairs than the simple no-frills models.
The only problem is that those have much more limited storage space so if anyone has suggestions for a simple and reliable refrigerator with as much storage space as the larger, fancier models, without having to purchase a standalone freezer, that would be welcomed.
We have a Stainless Steel side by side Frigidaire refrig in our apartment rental which we love, much better than expensive GE profile refrig which we had in our last home…the freezer could never be regulated on the GE freezer.. a joke.. I would bring home ice cream at a perfect temp, the next day it would be hard as a rock.. GE repairmen could not diagnose the issue in the first year.. people resorted to putting them in garage to be used as a second and buying a new one.. awful!
From other comments, maybe so...maybe it was a bad batch of plastic the day they built ours? It does keep food cold and that's a winning situation despite the innards cracking and breaking...
We had to replace our fridge for exactly the same reason. It had 1 or 2 breaks in the plastic frame around the tempered glass shelves when we bought the house, but more kept breaking, to the point we were concerned the glass would collapse. It was a Kenmore Elite Fridge. Replacements were hard to find and very expensive.
It was ridiculous. But you're not the only one. We found several reports of people with the same issue for our model. I think the plastic cannot flex with the weight of the item on the shelves and just breaks. In our case the breaks were in the middle of the shelf at the front.
We had to replace our fridge for exactly the same reason. It had 1 or 2 breaks in the plastic frame around the tempered glass shelves when we bought the house, but more kept breaking, to the point we were concerned the glass would collapse. It was a Kenmore Elite Fridge. Replacements were hard to find and very expensive.
It was ridiculous. But you're not the only one. We found several reports of people with the same issue for our model. I think the plastic cannot flex with the weight of the item on the shelves and just breaks. In our case the breaks were in the middle of the shelf at the front.
Yep, we can have plastics that can help put a man into space but can't have plastics in refrigerators that can survive cold temperatures. Maybe that's the plan? Either get replacement parts at a high cost--or get a new frig and start all over again.
Our previous frig--from the 80's-- never had a broken shelf or crisper--and the plastic was way, way thicker...the quality was so much better then...
Never in my life have I had any shelf or drawer break on any model fridge I have owned.
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My present fridge is a $700 Sears no frills freezer-on-top model that I bought 6 years ago when I moved. No problems. It's the same model that I bought immediately after Hurricane Katrina, and then had at the old house for 10 years. No problems.
I am probably wrong but I tend to think that the more frills a fridge has, the more repairs it will require.
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