We were waiting to buy a counter depth refrigerator for years. [View all]

They cost more than the standard ones, one of which we bought around 2005. It's the type that juts out and intrudes into the kitchen space. And it is like a cave inside, in which left overs and expired jars get lost. The idea back then was for it to store lots of food for a family of 5. But we would rather shop more now and keep our storage down. We want more control over fresh stuff.

HHGREGG was going out of business in the Richmond area, so we went to a store after they announced, but it just wasn't worth the discount at that time, and though we planned to go back, we forgot.

Just by accident we went back to the store, and found out that they would be gone next Wednesday.

There was hardly anything left in the big store. But my wife saw a boxed refrigerator among the dinged remaining ones, which was a new, perfect color for the kitchen, counter depth, and a GE Profile model.

You can wait for sales at Best Buy and Home Depot, and that is usually the way it works. But we got a $3000 refrigerator for $1200. It is installed, looks perfect, and functions like it should with no dings. It is full of light inside and I am surprised that we fitted almost everything we had in our old one into it. I love it.