Guy in Cleveland handed me a 22 year old fridge door and said "just make it work," so do we fix or replace when parts are gone? | Appliance Repairers - SMM Buzz
Dealt with the same thing last spring when a guy brought in a 30 year old Kenmore and swore it just needed a little love. Spent two hours hunting down a door hinge online, found exactly one seller in Canada wanting 80 bucks for it, and the guy acted like I was trying to rob him. Sometimes you just have to look them in the eye and say the parts don't exist anymore, it's not a matter of fixing. I've started telling folks upfront that old appliances are a gamble and the door alone can cost more than a whole used unit from Facebook Marketplace.