Homeowner Forum / Cleaning / December 2004

Yes, I agree, they are large.  Most of the time they're a good size for me.  
I must be messier. :-)  I see your point, though.

"Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> verbositized:

That's Right!  I forgot.

I wish they would have kept them open though and not cow toed to Sam's
offers and accepted them.

Although the Pace store was much further away than Sam's from where I
lived, they carried most of my favorite brands of the things I used
most often, and ALWAYS much less than at Sam's.  They also had
numerous things neither Sam's or WalMart has never offered for sale.

I bought two mini-fridges (dorm fridges), one from Pace, one from
Sam's, when my kids went off to college.
The one from Sam's had a cooling grate on the back, hinges that stuck
out and a handle on the surface.
The one from Pace was a solid metal back, no protrusions anywhere, the
handle was indented in the door Metal not plastic and the hinges are
flush with door.
Sam's Price $119.95, Pace Price $99.95 (20 bucks cheaper)
The Sam's fridge lasted only 2 years, the door handle didn't make it 6
months.  It was some unknown name like Crown or something like that.
The Pace fridge I'm still using by my desk in the office for soda,
it's at least 7 years old now if not older.  It's an Emerson!
They were both the same size inside!

As an aside, while speaking of refrigerators, I purchased a side by
side, with ice maker and ice crusher, water and ice from the door,
etc. made by Westinghouse with the name Roper on the front.  I
purchased mine from The Home Depot.
My wifes sister liked it so well she got what she thought was an
identical refrigerator from Sam's for around 8 bucks cheaper.  On the
outside they look identical, both made by Westinghouse, same type
handles, same faceplates by the ice/water dispensers, same water
filter and filter cover.  Inside they look the same on non-removable
parts, such as temperature controls and housings, covers, inside
materials and shapes, etc.

But there is a big difference in the removable parts, namely the
shelving and door shelves.
In mine the fridge shelves are tempered glass with a plastic frame and
two sets of drawers at the bottom.
Hers, the shelves are plastic coated wire with only one drawer at the
bottom.
On the door, our bins are identical in size and shape, but I have 1
extra of the medium sized bin.  I have 1 large at the bottom, 3 medium
up the middle, 1 small at the top, with glass over the two top built
in bins.  She has 1 large at the bottom, only 2 medium up the middle,
1 small at the top, with smoked plastic over the two top built in
bins.

We checked on the price of a new medium sized bin.  It was $36.00!
We checked the price of replacement glass and coated wire shelves.
$89.00 for wire, $129.00 each for the tempered glass.
Replacement glass doors for the top bins were 28 bucks each, plastic
21 bucks each.

After comparing our two fridges, and the difference between the prices
of the replacement parts, she figures Sam's took her for well over 200
bucks.

All of the rest of the two fridges was identical, right down to the
compressor and rollers under the bottom.  In other words, the only
things different were the removable components inside.

TTUL
Gary