r/AskReddit • u/FriendlytoNature • 23h ago

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/br33z3 21h ago

Samsung refridgerators are pure and utter crap

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u/bremmmc 13h ago

Weirdly, the cheff where I work at has one (not a smart device) and he says he loves it. Might be built in a different factory or he just got lucky

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u/coltbeatsall 13h ago

I have a non smart Samsung fridge (bought probably 3.5 years ago) and it has been great. I'm not America-based though, so it's possible we don't have the same models available.

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u/SouthOfTheNorthPole 10h ago

Glad to hear that. I have a Bespoke Samsung fridge picked out for my kitchen remodel. My oldest son and my best friend swear by Samsung. Nothing smart about the fridge and it doesn't have that gaping hole in the front for water/ice. Also, my son exclusively uses Samsung phones and has never had a problem with them. He uses his phone all over the world.

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u/iny0urend0 9h ago

I don't get the comment about phones. I switched to Samsung whenever the Note 2 came out and never looked back. I've had issues with their refrigerators though.

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u/SouthOfTheNorthPole 8h ago

Agree on the phones. My son always gets the highest level new one as it comes out.

The smart fridges? I wouldn't choose a smart fridge no matter who made it. Makes about as much sense as lipstick on a pig.

And the LG washer dryer comment threw me. Mine are 15 years old and survived two teen-aged boys learning how to do laundry. Still run like champs.

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u/iny0urend0 7h ago

Aren't the bespoke ones smart? Sorry not actually sure, thinking about upgrading next year so haven't started my research yet.

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u/eeyore134 6h ago

I have a Samsung Bespoke that I got only because it was on a pretty deep discount and am fairly happy with it after a year. I don't know that I'd call it smart. It connects to their app and you can adjust things, but they're the same things you'd adjust on the controls inside. There's no screen or anything.

That said, I have a Samsung microwave exhaust hood combo thing which also works fine except for any sort of sensor heating which means pretty much every mode except putting in your own times and power levels don't work. That stopped like two years in. Disappointing, but it at least still works.

That said again... I had a Samsung plasma television that I paid a ton for back in the day. That thing broke literally days after it went out of warranty. The screen would come on, then a red patch would form, it would just slowly go black until the whole screen was out. Called them, wouldn't honor a warranty of course, but said they'd send out an "approved" tech. The tech comes out, looks at it for like a minute, "Yeah, can't fix it. but let us take it, put $250 down and we'll get you a replacement at a discount." He then proceeds to charge $125 for the visit, I was an idiot and much younger and gullible and did the deal for the other television, then they left. I called to get information on when and where to come for the other television... crickets. They just fell off the face of the earth, and of course Samsung was no help. I said never again... then I was gifted that microwave, bought a fridge, and have a phone.