I had to say goodbye to my 1963 GE kegerator. It’s 61 yo compressor no longer compresses.
It was free when I got it, 11 years ago. Everything but the sticker collection is transferable to another fridge, and I have a source for slightly used appliances, which are also free, so it won’t be the end of the world to replace it. I only had one keg on tap, and nothing in primary, so moving the keg, the CO2 bottle and regulator, and a picnic tap to my 1947 Hotpoint ferm fridge was pretty painless.
The source of free, used, appliances is my oldest grandson’s employer. He works for a company which is the distribution subsidiary of the Whirlpool Corp. His job involves delivering, and sometimes installing, appliances across southern and eastern Montana. When they do an install for a customer who purchased directly from the company online, part of the deal is hauling the old appliance(s) away. Since Whirlpool is in the business of selling new stuff, they just want the used stuff gone. So, it goes in the basement of their warehouse in Billings and the employees have no problem finding new homes for the serviceable ones. We’ve already scored a slightly used Maytag front loading washing machine for our city house and our son and DIL got a double wall oven conventional/convection combo. Our grandson was told that the reasons the company does this are a) they don’t want to compete with themselves with a used appliance outlet and, b) the value of disposing of the customer’s old appliances, as a marketing tool, outweighs the costs associated with selling the used stuff.
I’ve already put my order in and should have a replacement of some kind in the next week, or so. I’m kinda gonna miss some of those stickers…
It was free when I got it, 11 years ago. Everything but the sticker collection is transferable to another fridge, and I have a source for slightly used appliances, which are also free, so it won’t be the end of the world to replace it. I only had one keg on tap, and nothing in primary, so moving the keg, the CO2 bottle and regulator, and a picnic tap to my 1947 Hotpoint ferm fridge was pretty painless.
The source of free, used, appliances is my oldest grandson’s employer. He works for a company which is the distribution subsidiary of the Whirlpool Corp. His job involves delivering, and sometimes installing, appliances across southern and eastern Montana. When they do an install for a customer who purchased directly from the company online, part of the deal is hauling the old appliance(s) away. Since Whirlpool is in the business of selling new stuff, they just want the used stuff gone. So, it goes in the basement of their warehouse in Billings and the employees have no problem finding new homes for the serviceable ones. We’ve already scored a slightly used Maytag front loading washing machine for our city house and our son and DIL got a double wall oven conventional/convection combo. Our grandson was told that the reasons the company does this are a) they don’t want to compete with themselves with a used appliance outlet and, b) the value of disposing of the customer’s old appliances, as a marketing tool, outweighs the costs associated with selling the used stuff.
I’ve already put my order in and should have a replacement of some kind in the next week, or so. I’m kinda gonna miss some of those stickers…