Well usually people don't sell one year old appliances
True. But there are certainly exceptions.
My first
Craig's List beer fridge was actually a brand new/never used 17cf top freezer and I got it for $100. A pair of yuppies bought a house that had just had a full kitchen reno - but the sellers installed white ware and the yuppies wanted stainless. Before they moved in they had the new SS stuff deliver, so the fridge still had all of the blue shipping tapes and styrofoam inserts in it. I was stunned but I kept my mouth closed 'til they took the cash and I wheeled it to my truck.
My second
CL beer fridge - another 17cf top freezer, this one only two years old - I scored from a rather sad situation: a rooming house owner was losing her mortgage and had to empty the house and all the apartments in a hurry. She was only asking $100 but I gave her an extra $20 just 'cuz I felt kinda bad about the whole thing.
Finally, the 10 cf chest freezer I picked up on my last
CL raid was four years old but looked nearly new, and cost me $125. The owner had brought it with him from Colorado when he was relocated to the town just west of me, only to find out two years later he was being relocated back. It would cost more to transport it than he figured it was worth.
All three are e-star rated, are still working perfectly and filled in my brewing needs nicely
The freezer is now a 6 faucet keezer, the older fridge is used for fermentation, and the new fridge is kept cold for crashing, forced carbonation (with its own bottle and reg), and holding kegs ready for the keezer, along with the wife's white wine and cases of soda and my yeasts, and I keep my hops in the freezer section.
So I've found if you're patient and diligent wrt
Craig's List, eventually some really good scores will come your way...
Cheers!