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From: cs_posting on 28 Aug 2008 23:02
Chefmate 1.7 cubic foot mini fridge on sale at Target.

Not. Outrageous case of fraudulent representation.

Outside of the box says "Compact Refrigerator"

Inside of the box, the manual calls it a "Refrigerated Cooler" and
says "Your refrigerated cooler was desgines to operate at
approximately 20-25 below room (ambient) temperature when set at
maximum settings.

In other words, it is NOT a refrigerator, despite the way it is
represented on the outside of the box at the time of purchase.
It cannot prevent food from spoiling!
From: AllEmailDeletedImmediately on 28 Aug 2008 23:08
return it.

<cs_posting(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Chefmate 1.7 cubic foot mini fridge on sale at Target.
>
> Not. Outrageous case of fraudulent representation.
>
> Outside of the box says "Compact Refrigerator"
>
> Inside of the box, the manual calls it a "Refrigerated Cooler" and
> says "Your refrigerated cooler was desgines to operate at
> approximately 20-25 below room (ambient) temperature when set at
> maximum settings.
>
> In other words, it is NOT a refrigerator, despite the way it is
> represented on the outside of the box at the time of purchase.
> It cannot prevent food from spoiling!

From: cs_posting on 28 Aug 2008 23:21
On Aug 28, 11:08 pm, "AllEmailDeletedImmediately" <der...(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:
> return it.

preferably full of spoiled food ;-)

From: 01dyna on 31 Aug 2008 19:43
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:02:24 -0700 (PDT), cs_posting(a)hotmail.com you
wrote:

>Chefmate 1.7 cubic foot mini fridge on sale at Target.
>
>Not. Outrageous case of fraudulent representation.
>
>Outside of the box says "Compact Refrigerator"
>
>Inside of the box, the manual calls it a "Refrigerated Cooler" and
>says "Your refrigerated cooler was desgines to operate at
>approximately 20-25 below room (ambient) temperature when set at
>maximum settings.
>
>In other words, it is NOT a refrigerator, despite the way it is
>represented on the outside of the box at the time of purchase.
>It cannot prevent food from spoiling!


fer gawds sake, just return the the thing then.

I bought one and it works fine. Then again, all I use it for is to
keep my lunch cold until noon and keep softdrinks and water cold,
which it does very well.

From: Dave on 31 Aug 2008 20:06

<cs_posting(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:14554d83-bc21-4b5f-b74c-2b13e64292dc(a)m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> Chefmate 1.7 cubic foot mini fridge on sale at Target.
>
> Not. Outrageous case of fraudulent representation.
>
> Outside of the box says "Compact Refrigerator"
>
> Inside of the box, the manual calls it a "Refrigerated Cooler" and
> says "Your refrigerated cooler was desgines to operate at
> approximately 20-25 below room (ambient) temperature when set at
> maximum settings.
>
> In other words, it is NOT a refrigerator, despite the way it is
> represented on the outside of the box at the time of purchase.
> It cannot prevent food from spoiling!

I agree it's misleading, but not necessarily fraud. FWIW, a real
refrigerator can't keep food from spoiling, either...it's just that if you
keep your food colder, it spoils more slowly.

It sounds to me like this isn't really fraud...just a really poorly designed
product. I've got a Coleman AC/DC refrigerated cooler. Depending on what
power source I use, it will freeze water in anywhere from 12 - 96 hours. I
wouldn't use it as a refrigerator, BUT...
seeing that it's usually in an area that has ambient temperature from
68-73F, and it freezes water, it seems to be cooling to 40F or more below
room (ambient) temp.
Don't know how much you paid for the chefmate, but the Coleman I got is 40
quart size, and usually sells for about a hundred bucks on sale. I mainly
use it to store lunches and lots of soda and water. The soda is ice
old! -Dave


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