and couldn't get another for over 9 months! Anyfhing available was outrageously over-priced and sold the second it hit a store.

We finally found one in an upstate NY store, but at nearly DOUBLE its regular price! It wound up costing us over $$3,100 plus shipping to buy it plus $400 for a 3 year warranty. Our previous one died at 3 years, 2 months, right after its extended warranty expired due to a known defect that LG refused to cover because ours had the Kenmore label even though LG made it. Via multiple class action suits forced them to cover every LG branded one that died due to a dead compressor. Didnt help us.


Believe me, I never want to go without a full size fridge again. We had 2 tall dorm-sized ones from our kids' college days, and a large stand alone freezer, but had to use a large cooler for everything that didn't fit in the little dorm units. We kept the local ice businesses afloat!

So I remember well the shortages of essential goods, including computer chips that run everything.