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So let me start by saying being a home owner is HARD. Really hard.
My roomie and I bought a mobile home because we were tired of all of the ups and downs of apartment living. Plus I've always DREAMED of owning my own place. Who cares if it's a house or a mobile home, or even a Tinyhome. I just wanted something that was MINE.
And boy did I get it. This place isn't THAT bad. It just really needs a LOT of fixing up. I caulked half of the windows when we moved in because they leaked. Badly. I have to keep my bath tub plugged because otherwise I get little six legged visitors that I don't like.
The dishwasher doesn't work. The washer/dryer doesn't work. I'm afraid to use the oven. I have to put down little mats in the kitchen cabinets before I'm willing to use them, even though we scrubbed them multiple times.
But the fridge has been quite the epic quest. A quest that is FINALLY done. For the most part. I'm not looking forward to when I have to move the fridge to put down the new flooring. It's gonna take a LOT of cleaning and scraping.
But back to the fridge itself. The original one that was in here had a LOT of problems. It had caked-on filth, it had black mold growing in the back corner, the light didn't work, it didn't seal shut all the way, there was roach bait INSIDE of the ridge. You KNOW there's something wrong when their previous infestation went INTO the fridge. So we decided this would be the first appliance we replace, because it's going to take us a while to replace all of them. After all, cleaning it would be impossible
So we found one at Home Depot for $550 and decided we would get that one. They had a sale going on, so overall, that's all we paid for it.
Well on the 7th of this month, the day they were supposed to bring it to us...no fridge. My roomie wasted 4 1/2 hours that they could have been working waiting for this thing that never showed up.
I was PISSED. So they came to work and when we finished (since we work in shops next to each other), we went to home depot and complained. So they gave us $50 back in cash, which made the fridge $500, and we rescheduled it for Saturday. As in the 25th. Two and a half weeks later. Keep in mind we can't put any food in the old fridge because of how gross it is. So for two and a half weeks we've been living on take out an canned food.
The 25th comes and GUESS WHAT...no fridge. This time because they said a piece is missing. What piece? It was literally just the fridge! We didn't order the ice maker. So then they try to reschedule for the 29th. Which I can't do. I have work.
So I just say screw it, go to home depot, get my refund, and then go straight to Lowes. Lowes is SO much better than Home depot. First off, they have the appliances THERE in store, and THEY are the ones who bring it to you. They don't depend on a third party. So they schedule it for the 27th, yesterday.
I'm finally relieved. We were going to get a fridge. We could get food. I would get to relax about ONE thing in the house. But no.
They show up and they didn't bring a cap for the hose that connected the OLD fridge to the damn ice maker. So they leave us the new fridge AND the old fridge, and tell my roomie to go and get a cap to cap off the hose. And then they wouldn't have come till FRIDAY to get the damn old fridge.
My nerves were totally shot yesterday. Between all of the stuff going on at work, that, and then being texted on the way home because the water went everywhere and being pulled back and fourth I was just at my wits end. Even though it seems like a simple thing.
So this morning I called Lowes, and I complained about how my roomie was treated when the delivery guys got pissy with them. And about how dire our need for the new fridge to be plugged in was. They took care of it. About half an hour ago the guys showed up, went to cap off the hose.....and realized neither of their caps worked. But SOMETHING was smiling down on us today. Because the cap my roomie got WORKED for capping the damn thing off under the sink.
The old fridge is gone. The new fridge is here. I have one less thing to worry about now. I know our food is safe. I can now go grocery shopping with the last of our food stamps, and I can breathe easy about what I put in my mouth.
What a wild ride all of this has become.
My roomie and I bought a mobile home because we were tired of all of the ups and downs of apartment living. Plus I've always DREAMED of owning my own place. Who cares if it's a house or a mobile home, or even a Tinyhome. I just wanted something that was MINE.
And boy did I get it. This place isn't THAT bad. It just really needs a LOT of fixing up. I caulked half of the windows when we moved in because they leaked. Badly. I have to keep my bath tub plugged because otherwise I get little six legged visitors that I don't like.
The dishwasher doesn't work. The washer/dryer doesn't work. I'm afraid to use the oven. I have to put down little mats in the kitchen cabinets before I'm willing to use them, even though we scrubbed them multiple times.
But the fridge has been quite the epic quest. A quest that is FINALLY done. For the most part. I'm not looking forward to when I have to move the fridge to put down the new flooring. It's gonna take a LOT of cleaning and scraping.
But back to the fridge itself. The original one that was in here had a LOT of problems. It had caked-on filth, it had black mold growing in the back corner, the light didn't work, it didn't seal shut all the way, there was roach bait INSIDE of the ridge. You KNOW there's something wrong when their previous infestation went INTO the fridge. So we decided this would be the first appliance we replace, because it's going to take us a while to replace all of them. After all, cleaning it would be impossible
So we found one at Home Depot for $550 and decided we would get that one. They had a sale going on, so overall, that's all we paid for it.
Well on the 7th of this month, the day they were supposed to bring it to us...no fridge. My roomie wasted 4 1/2 hours that they could have been working waiting for this thing that never showed up.
I was PISSED. So they came to work and when we finished (since we work in shops next to each other), we went to home depot and complained. So they gave us $50 back in cash, which made the fridge $500, and we rescheduled it for Saturday. As in the 25th. Two and a half weeks later. Keep in mind we can't put any food in the old fridge because of how gross it is. So for two and a half weeks we've been living on take out an canned food.
The 25th comes and GUESS WHAT...no fridge. This time because they said a piece is missing. What piece? It was literally just the fridge! We didn't order the ice maker. So then they try to reschedule for the 29th. Which I can't do. I have work.
So I just say screw it, go to home depot, get my refund, and then go straight to Lowes. Lowes is SO much better than Home depot. First off, they have the appliances THERE in store, and THEY are the ones who bring it to you. They don't depend on a third party. So they schedule it for the 27th, yesterday.
I'm finally relieved. We were going to get a fridge. We could get food. I would get to relax about ONE thing in the house. But no.
They show up and they didn't bring a cap for the hose that connected the OLD fridge to the damn ice maker. So they leave us the new fridge AND the old fridge, and tell my roomie to go and get a cap to cap off the hose. And then they wouldn't have come till FRIDAY to get the damn old fridge.
My nerves were totally shot yesterday. Between all of the stuff going on at work, that, and then being texted on the way home because the water went everywhere and being pulled back and fourth I was just at my wits end. Even though it seems like a simple thing.
So this morning I called Lowes, and I complained about how my roomie was treated when the delivery guys got pissy with them. And about how dire our need for the new fridge to be plugged in was. They took care of it. About half an hour ago the guys showed up, went to cap off the hose.....and realized neither of their caps worked. But SOMETHING was smiling down on us today. Because the cap my roomie got WORKED for capping the damn thing off under the sink.
The old fridge is gone. The new fridge is here. I have one less thing to worry about now. I know our food is safe. I can now go grocery shopping with the last of our food stamps, and I can breathe easy about what I put in my mouth.
What a wild ride all of this has become.
As for moving the big fridge all around, do you have a two wheel dolly or some kind of "creeper" sort of 4-wheel dolly that creeps along low to the ground? Either one might help muscle the big thing around the house.