Northern California- cheapest place to buy new refrigerator?

You can get a heavy duty rebuilt coil set (you keep your old box and just replace the coil assembly) for under $500, including shipping. One handyman can install it in under 2 hours.

We could give you more specific info if you gave us more info. What's the brand and model of the refer? How old is it? What are the symptoms? Did you just turn it on? It can take up to 24 hours for the refer portion to start to cool much.