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December 17, 2007
Never-Been-Used Viking Appliances at Build It Green
The range of items you can find in the warehouse of Astoria-based Build It Green! is wide, with everything from droolworthy 19th Century moldings to modern-day hollow-core doors that would get laughed at in any House of the Day post. We scored some beautiful vintage marble there that we turned into countertops. Now, we noticed, the website is touting some brand-new viking appliances at 30 percent off. Any label-conscious kitchen renovators out there?
Viking Wine Cooler $4,299 [BigNYC]
Viking Fridge $4,399 [BigNYC]
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FWIW Viking refrigerators have had terrible reliability reports, centering around the defrosting mechanism. Perhaps that design defect's been cleared up by now, perhaps not.
Posted by: an architect in Brooklyn at December 17, 2007 10:40 AM
Hey Brownstoner, I hope that vintage marble didn't come from the house on Sterling Place.
Posted by: guest at December 17, 2007 11:05 AM
Damn, those things are huge. Unless you have a large family, why make Con Ed richer?
Not for me, thanks.
Posted by: guest at December 17, 2007 11:24 AM
don't brownstones have cellars?
Posted by: guest at December 17, 2007 11:43 AM
$4,000 for someone else's rejected fridge?
Are you mad?
Posted by: guest at December 17, 2007 12:12 PM
Yea 4000 is a good deal if it list for 9000. But why would someone donate this?? Very confusing.
Posted by: guest at December 17, 2007 12:28 PM
last time i was there they had an entire bulthaup kitchen, in a "U" shaped setup. forget the price but i wonder if someone snagged it.
Posted by: guest at December 17, 2007 12:47 PM
Why would someone donate this? Why would someone donate a perfectly functioning car? I suspect it went something like this. Overpaid banker plans gut renovation of apartment just purchased for $10 million. Wife Buffy sees the "Viking" appliances brought in for the kitchen. Oh no, says Buffy, those middle class appliance just won't do, I simply must have Sub-Zero, because nothing else possibly could suffice to keep my mineral water at just the right price. And, at such time as someone might wish to use the kitchen (aghast, certainly not me), Buffy says, you must have a Sub Zero for whatever it is one might use a kitchen for.
Hence, barks the banker, round up those Vikings and get them out of here. But, responds contractor, we can't take them back. Doesn't matter, retorts the banker, donate them somewhere.
Alas, a Viking is born in Queens.
Posted by: guest at December 18, 2007 9:41 AM
Vikings are crappy! I bought a whole line for my kitchen and so far, the only thing that hasn't broken down is the range. The microwave caught on fire. Yes, caught on fire, twice. Finally, after using it for almost 4 years, we have had to replace. We don't abuse it either. I promise you. The ice maker has died on us twice too. Don't buy this stuff. Save your money.
Posted by: guest at May 15, 2008 10:06 PM
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