Cheap defective plastic bins by FRIGIDAIRE!! Its a scam!
We purchased this FRIGIDAIRE side by side for our home and rental property, last year! We are a two person family and the rental property was an older man and women. Approximately, 9 months after purchase we noticed fractures,tiny vein like splits in the bottom of a few bins while cleaning them, on both refrig. We assumed they were natural plastic folds and ignored them. two months ago ,one Gallon bin (# 240-324502) came crashing to the floor, when our niece opened the refrigerator door. The bin held mustard, ketchup and assorted salad dressing bottles. The Gallon bin is rated for two gallons of milk. THIS WOULD NEVER HOLD THAT WEIGHT! The bin broke away at the hinges and the fracture finally broke the bottom out. We assumed she pulled on it and did not contact FRIGIDAIRE! Two days ago, I opened the frig door and another on came crashing to the floor, breaking glass bottle condiments on my kitchen floor. The same breaks and fracture in the plastic were apparent. THESE BINS ARE...
The cheapest of cheap junk
The solution is to NOT buy the refrigerator in the first place. An expensive lesson for us. The flimsy clips on this bin spontaneously shattered and dumped everything on the floor when I gently tugged the door open one day. It was the LEAST-used bin in the fridg, just a few condiments.
Also, the crisper drawer wasn't completely closed one day, and parts of THAT drawer AND the shelf it hangs on shattered when the closing door nudged it shut as it closed.
A similar shelf/drawer arrangement in the freezer broke from (gasp!) the weight of 8-10 pounds of frozen food in the drawer. All told, it's been close to $200 to replace all the the cheap junk with more cheap junk. Pathetic, but I'm sure Frigidaire sees that as a huge success story.
Sadly when I went back to the store to see if other fridges might be an improvement, their shelves and bins looked equally flimsy.
Cheap Junk
I don't know if the title to my review was descriptive enough, but I will say it another way these bins are worthless I can't believe they would put them into a refrigerator to hold milk, what a joke. I was upset when my two year old broke the 1st one I thought he had pulled on it. Then my wife broke the 2nd one. Junk and I agree I am sure electrolux (who owns frigidaire) loves that they screwed us, but people remember quality.
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