69800 wrote:
Also the guy who said if you make dometic fix everything they will be bankrupt. Yes the made a mistake but it was not intentional. I would hate to lose them cause I think they make a fine product and If they were gone that would leave one manufacture and then we would be in Deeep S==t.
Mark
PS Be resposible for yourself. No one else will do it for you:)
If a manufacturer makes an unreliable, dangerous, and inferior product, then, wouldn't it be right for them to go bankrupt? The problem is there are only two large manufacturers of these RV refrigerators (Dometic & Norcold). Both have had a similar problem. Norcold did the right thing. Dometic has not. So, Norcold should win, and Dometic should go bankrupt. That's the free market. Don't worry, if Dometic goes bankrupt, some other outfit will buy up the assets and factories at pennies on the dollar and start churning out (hopefully better) refrigerators.
Dometic made a mistake. Was it intentional? incompetent? or just stupid? Dometic has been making gas absorption refrigerators for many, many years and certainly should have the experience and engineering expertise to avoid a problem such as this. Dometic has no excuse. Dometic needs to be held responsible for their mistakes just like you or I are responsible for our mistakes.
I took responsibility for myself and fixed the problem that Dometic stuck me with. The refer wasn't even 3 years old. It has no moving parts. It SHOULD have lasted practically forever. The typical low end standard refrigerator I had in my house (with moving parts) lasted me 25 years and was still working fine when I sold it.
Don't let Dometic off the hook. They need to feel some pain in the pocketbook. This is the only way they (or any large corporation)can be taught a lesson. It's their bottom line. It's the only thing they understand.
I'm sure TimsRV does competent quality work and takes responsibility for it if he makes a mistake. But he's an individual small businessman. He's not a huge conglomerate corporation that has been in business for generations. But, IF the quality of Tim's work were to deteriorate over time, I'm sure he would not be surprised if he lost business.
