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Originally posted by geofkaye:
.....$2788 OR $159+$17......THAT IS A HELL OF A REFRIGERATOR....geofkaye
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Yes it certainly is... Low volume + American Made = High Cost
We all love to bash the Chinese for putting us out of work, but we sure don't like the high price of supporting our local manufacturing. I'm not claiming the moral high ground or anything though. I paid the price because it was the only way I could find to get what I wanted, a really efficient full blown refrigerator with freezer. Most people would probably make the entirely rational decision that you can buy a lot of energy with the money you save buying a mass produced unit. If you are getting that energy cheap from the grid then this refrigerator makes no sense at all. Give it 10 years though, when the price of electricity quadruples, and you will see highly efficient appliances like this in every store, and much cheaper (relatively speaking) because they will be produced in volume and not a specialty item.