wineador frustrations

[gundogg]

I ordered a edgestar 280 the first week of February. It was a scratch/dent model, but was going to work perfectly for my use. Ordered some drawers and shelves from forest the same night. I was beyond stoked!!!!
Three days later while i am awaiting the arrival of the fridge from fedex i check the shipping and see that fedex broke the fridge and was returning it to the vendor... alright

I talk the vendor and they were unaware of it for a few days. I reorder... they are out of scratch/dent models but offer me a great deal on a new one. I take it. I was out of the country on vacation and my credit card company declined the billing because i was shipping to my office and that was not the billing address.... never had a problem before. After numerous calls to the vendor and credit card company I cancel the order and tell them i will reorder when i am back in country. phone bill was getting bad at .99/minute.

I reorder the fridge last week. It arrives today and I open it for the air out and cleaning. after all I am expecting my shelves and drawers in the next week or so.

The fridge has a crack in the liner in the bottom. At this point i probably wouldnt worry about it if I was usning it as a wine fridge, but i want it to hold humidity. This is beyond frusterating. I should have ponied up and ordered a cabinet.

 

[Zen Smoker222]

Man shitty luck....that's rough!

 

[Joeytivo]

Damn, that was just not meant to be. That really sucks!

 

[UpInSmoke]

Man I'd be so pissed. Hope things are smooth sailing from here on out. How substantial is the crack?

 

[Ilkligas]

Sorry to hear the troubles you are having. I think once you get a good fridge and the shelves from Forest you will be glad you went that route. Be sure to post some pics of the finished product!

 

[rduke10]

Really sorry to hear about the troubles. I bought a scratch/dent edgestar a few years ago and the first one came in with a shattered door. You could hear the glass crunch when the delivery guy walked in the door. Refused it and called about a replacement. When it finally came in and I got the drawers in it I was happy happy happy. Hope once you get it set up you forget about all the trouble and enjoy it as much as I have mine.

 

[gundogg]

Here is a small picture of the crack... Have not heard back from vendor yet.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

 

[jmartins]

That is brutal. I would be pissed also. You dont want to have to tape it or patch it either as it will be ugly and potentially change the taste of the cigars inside.

 

[MoJo]

FYI, if you ordered your shelves from Forrest the first week of February, i would expect at least another month or two wait before they come in (if you did not pay extra to rush your order), not a couple weeks. He is buried with orders (and does all the work himself) and last I heard he is still working orders from December (I also would guess there was a rush of orders after Christmas). I think recently the wait has averaged around 10-11 weeks. So you have time to deal with the fridge.

 

[jmartins]

I remember when I got my first Humi... I had all of my cigars and everything and it turned out when the humi came in it was all scratched and it didn't have the hygometer.
I sent it back and waited another 3 weeks it sucked so bad cause my wife bought it for me for my birthday.

Gun I feel your pain but hopefully you have your cigars in a different humi so you can atleast still enjoy them and they dont dry out to much.

 

[dscl]

sorry to hear about the frustrations brother. Thankfully I didn't run into any issues and I went the scratch-n-dent route as well with drawers from forest.

Once you get it sorted out though you will be happy as can be!

 

[gundogg]

Another one arrived today. Cracked door frame.
Am I being too picky.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

 

[Jfire]

I would of asked to keep the cracked liner one at scratch/dent pricing and called it a day...... That would of been a black duct tape fix.
The door frame is a way bigger issue IMO. And I would not keep it due to the problems down the road with it.
Jfire