In my day job I rebuild refrigerators at a local appliance shop. We see a lot of volume. We can put out between 5-10 refrigerators a day for the cleaners. We supply appliances not only for our store but for our other three stores in southwest Idaho. most of what we see in refrigerators are between 10-15 years old. when it comes to Frigidaire I prefer to only work on the later models that have the suction line molded into the cabinet, older ones i.e. 1999 or 1998 will have a condenser on the back with the suction line wrapped in a white cover going up the back. on top mount fridges its pretty simple, most of the time on certain brands is defrost drainage problems, other brands are more prone to fan failures, whirlpools are prone to defrost drainage and compressor knocking. Frigidaire has refrigerant leaks in the bag.
around here our top fridges go for $350 average for models from 5 years to 20 years old. whirlpool is the only brand that holds it's value for twenty years though. We sell about half our fridges and stoves to property management companies for rentals. they like top mounts with no icemakers and no frill stoves. you need to be careful though about anything that deals with water, make sure your defrost drain pan is not cracked or drain plugged, water in the wrong place will cost you an armload of cash and reputation.
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