chest freezers, another casualty of corona virus

[onethatcares]

in april our garage freezer stopped working. we moved everything into the house refrig/frzr combo and thought we'd wait a week and buy another chest freezer. Not a good idea.

since then we have not been able to find anything in the way of a 7 c.ft model.

not the box stores, appliance outlets, no where.

any ideas/

[Turbineguy]

1. Not even Best Buy?

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insignia-7-0-cu-ft-chest-freezer-white/6385046.p?skuId=6385046&ref=212&loc=1&ref=212&loc=1&ds_rl=1260669&ds_rl=1273104&ds_rl=1273104&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwe3ywsTc6gIVZCCtBh22cQrgEAQYASABEgJfMfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

[onethatcares]

3. nope, out of stock

and unavailable for my zip code.

but they did get my hopes up.

[Lars39]

5. We are paying for an upright that we ordered in June

but won’t be delivered until the end of August.

[Turbineguy]

7. Fry's is out too.

Weird. It seems hard to believe America running out of stuff to buy.

[Thekaspervote]

2. My daughter found one, used but in good condition using a sell it local web page

[redstatebluegirl]

4. We went through the same thing a month ago. We ended up packing our fridge freezer and were able to

find a smaller one that we packed solid but it handled what we had. We get our beef and pork from my cousin so we had quite a lot of it. No freezers to be had that is true.

[hlthe2b]

6. Maybe save some money and see if the used appliance stores have any...

They still exist as (usually) Mom and Pop stores and frequently offer on-site repair and warranty.

[SoCalNative]

8. I saw one on Amazon

but the listing says it won't be in stock until September 15th.

But this one says August:

https://smile.amazon.com/Arctic-King-ARC070S0ARBB-Chest-Freezer/dp/B084B2XB7G/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=freezer&qid=1595275282&sr=8-8

[onethatcares]

9. thanks much for the replies.

I guess this is what happens when you allow your manufacturing industries to be moved overseas.

As I tell friends, "It's not the workers that demanded lower wages, it's the billionaires"

Well, here I go. Looking for someone to repair a 5 year old chest freezer. Part needed is a start capacitor, they aren't available in my area presently either.

[area51]

16. +1 n/t

[Kali]

17. lots of parts on line

just google the part number

[mnhtnbb]

10. AJ Madison

has several different chest freezers of that size in stock.


https://www.ajmadison.com/b.php/Chest%3BTotal+Capacity%3A+6+-+9.9+%28cu.+ft.%29%3BFreezers/N~51+4294964271+791

I have ordered appliances from AJ Madison for two different houses in the last 12 years, one that we remodeled and one that we custom built. Never had a problem with any of them.

Good luck!

[onethatcares]

11. nope, no luck there. 5 cu ft is max

thanks tho

[mnhtnbb]

12. This 7 cu ft model has 4 in stock

https://www.ajmadison.com/cgi-bin/ajmadison/HCM7SMWW.html

and the GE model is expected in 2 days.

https://www.ajmadison.com/cgi-bin/ajmadison/FCM7SKWW.html

[Kaleva]

13. A local Lowes says they have a few 7 cu. ft. models but are low on supply

[tblue37]

14. Buy online and have it delivered, or pick it up at the store. nt

[onethatcares]

15. what I found was

the same model or close to it is now selling for double the price pre convo. We paid $169 out the door at Lowes 5 years ago. The ones
I'm looking at are now $450.00 same size.

I think I'll wait another 4 weeks and see what happens.

Thanks again.

[jmowreader]

18. The place I'm preparing to buy about $10k worth of appliances from says...

...on their website that they are "out of freezers until further notice."

[Bantamfancier]

19. New models are due out in September.

Unless you are willing to over pay at an auction, I would suggest ordering and just get in line for delivery.
We are redoing the pantry and switching from a chest to upright. Because of the shortage, we anticipate a pretty good price for ours.

[LuckyCharms]

20. Listen to this song.

It's not a chest freezer, but it sounds close.

All kidding aside, I'll see if I can locate one online, and will post if I find anything out. Good luck to you.

[LuckyCharms]

21. Just chatted online with Sears...September delivery. n/t

[LuckyCharms]

22. Amazon link. It says Aug 10-Aug 18 delivery.

https://www.amazon.com/Arctic-King-ARC070S0ARBB-Chest-Freezer/dp/B084B2XB7G/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=chest+freezer+7+cubic+ft&qid=1595508610&s=appliances&sr=1-3

[LuckyCharms]

23. Go here and click "See all buying options".

One of the sellers has an Aug 4 to August 7 delivery. Seller is called "Random and BEYOND".

https://www.amazon.com/midea-MRC070S0AWW-Chest-Freezer-Cubic/dp/B07PWLNZDN/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=chest+freezer+7+cubic+ft&qid=1595508890&s=appliances&sr=1-6

[LuckyCharms]

24. And their fastest delivery is Aug 3-Aug 6. n/t

[NurseJackie]

25. Costco?

[onethatcares]

26. none here

n/t