New Fridge Blues

Our fridge of 14 years started leaking water. We had the repair man out and he discovered many things wrong and pronounced it dying. Great, so now we have to get a new fridge.

The wife and I went looking. Just like everything these days refrigerators have become complicated. We decided we just want your standard fridge, freezer on top, fridge on bottom, one door each, and no water/ice dispenser in the front. Basically what we have now!

Well apparently we are the only ones in the FloMoPlex that wants such an animal. Oh well, no problem because they can order whatever we want. So we pick out a nice Maytag from Home Depot. The first alarm bell went off when they realized the ice maker had to be ordered separately. This is odd since all fridges come with it installed. But the ice maker model number is specified so its added to the order. We payed the tally, saving tax since it was free tax weekend on all green star purchases.

Yesterday the delivery truck arrives. The two works unload the fridge, take off the packaging and then start looking into a smaller box. After about 45 min the guy informs me he can't install the ice maker, it seems to be the wrong one. He also admits they usually don't have to install ice makers. He also lets me have the install manual so I'm sure not to order the same model again. This manual is 27 pages of many various was to install an ice maker. I never saw him or his partner actually open it. Inside it looks pretty complicated. My personal conclusion is its just beyond them.

Now I have to decide what to do. I had been previously warned that if the order arrives and its not exactly how you want it reject the whole thing. The delivery guy reiterates the same thing. I told him to take it away... :-(

I call Home Depot and they will have to look into it. I'm sure a big mess will ensue. Our punishment for ordering the basic, simple fridge.