We had to throw out a lot of food
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (372963)
Rockingham, Australia
March 3, 2026 2:43am CST
We had a nasty surprise when we returned home from two nights away with friends. Our fridge has an ice-maker/cold water component and, just before we left, we noticed water coming from the nozzle. We turned off the water to that part of the unit and went on our way.
However, when we got home, we were dismayed to find that the fridge itself had failed and everything had thawed. We had to throw out all the food from the freezer section. Luckily, it was garbage collection day and we were able to throw the thawed food straight into the bin. To make it worse, it was a public holiday so little chance of getting anything done till the next day.
We cranked up a car fridge that was in the shed and, to cut a long story short, we bought a second-hand fridge as an interim measure until we get the insurance sorted out, etc. Someone is coming tomorrow to assess what is wrong with our own fridge. It’s only our years old but these things come with built-in obsolescence, I’m sure.
The photo is Vince’s showing a dessert on offer in Thailand.
Edit: Sorry, the photo won't load but it's no big loss.
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21 responses
@DaddyEvil (169259)
• United States
14h
Oh, wow! I'm sorry that happened. I hope everything gets sorted out soon.
We just bought a new deep freeze and added insurance to it. The fridge here isn't ours, it belongs to the landlady.
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@LadyDuck (494443)
• Italy
14h
Oh NO! I am so sorry Judy. I remember when our fridge in Switzerland had the same problem. I noticed water coming from the nozzle, luckily we were at home. I checked the thermometer inside the freezer and noticed it was warming up. We had a second freezer so I could save all the food inside. The photo problem is back. I was trying to attach a photo to a comment and I got the usual error.
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@RasmaSandra (94870)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6m
Sorry that happened and you had to get rid of so much food.
@DianneN (250265)
• United States
2h
I’m sorry you had to go through that. We lost everything in our kitchen refrigerator/freezer, basement refrigerator/freezer, and upright freezer years during a hurricane. Insurance covered just about everything, but it was despairing at the time. Now we have a generator. Too little, too late.
@2ndchances24 (11787)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
14h
That's not good, I freak out when our freezer went out
& we went & bought 1 & thank God didn't lose any food
but we don't go any where for very long either so that helps.
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@Marilynda1225 (88974)
• United States
7h
Certainly not something you wanted to come home to but at least it was garbage and you could get rid of all that spoiled food. Hope the fridge is an easy fix and you don't have to invest in a new one.
@JESSY3236 (21673)
• United States
8h
Sorry about your fridge. I hope ours last a few more years. I hate buying refrigerators.
@Traceyjayne (8535)
• United Kingdom
6h
Sorry to hear that . How annoying that you had to throw away food. I hope you can get it sorted soon.
Ours broke last year …the repair man it was a manufacturing fault and wrote a report for us to send to the people we had it off. Citizens Advice also drafted us a letter to send to them. We heard nothing ! We were given a fridge from our son as it was a spare when he bought his new business. We are still using that ….its not in the kitchen though which is a pain. We need to get a new one really …..
@snowy22315 (203741)
• United States
10h
What a shame! How unpleasant to have a nasty surprise like that.
@ptrikha_2 (49282)
• India
13h
So are we again having some glitch with uploading photographs?
Well, it could be temporary.
Sorry to know about the glitch in your Fridge.
This can be so painful.
We are so dependent on our fridge.
Our older Fridge had become worn out and was having some problems, so we bought a new one in 2024.
One day, the freezer slowed down.
So we took out some extra stuff and it started working normally again.
I hope that you get good amount from Insurance and may be able to buy a new Fridge.
@Tampa_girl7 (54327)
• United States
10h
We had our freezer go out a few years back and it was awful tossing the food out. Sorry that your fridge broke.
I hope you didn't loose too much. It would never occur to me to claim on insurance for something like that. Does the insurance cover the cost of the freezer? Or of the food?
@just4him (322399)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10h
I'm so sorry you had to throw out all the food in your freezer. I hope you get the insurance straightened out and can get a new one. I'm glad you have another one in the meantime.
