Buddy, owner of the refrigerator from hell, has sent us a follow-up. Lowe’s has agreed to send him a check for the replacement cost of the evil fridge. Hooray!

Buddy says:

Good news!

I just got a call from Tracy at Lowes Executive Customer Service. They are overnighting me a check for replacement value which should be here by friday.

Yay! Thanks, Tracy. Now that Buddy is in the market for a new fridge, does anyone have any suggestions for him?

We can contribute this buying guide from our sister publication Consumer Reports. Do you have anything to add? Anyone got a fridge that HASN’T broken? We don’t hear much about those here at Consumerist.

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