Another reason not to shop at ...

[susanreads]

... the place that used to be Co-op Electrical. Why I can't find the electrical department online: it's been sold. I phoned the number that's still in the Yellow Pages and it's answered by "company name I don't recognise". So I can't get a fridge from East of England Co-op, which was my first "Who do I trust more than online retailers" thought.

The other reason not to shop there: if I don't patronise them, they don't get to patronise me. So, they deliver and will remove the old one for a price, but it has to be disconnected and defrosted first. What do I do with all the food inside? No answer. "I can't do that, I can't move it on my own." "Do you have a husband who can help you?" Excuse me, was there a "we" anywhere in that preceding conversation?

I've ordered one from Anglian Electrics instead, whose delivery-folk can be bribed with cups of tea to do all the awkward logistics, apparently!

(The old one still works, it's just old and inefficient. I can't even give it away because charities have minimum energy-efficiency standards!)