alio | Friday, January 15, 2010
OK, here's a brief about Vinotemp and this particular model. DON'T BUY IT. Whatever you do don't buy it. First off, Vinotemp is a company run by unhelpful, rude and pretty much stupid employees. The reason for this animosity is simply because it's the truth. They don't care about your business or what you buy from them, they are oblivious to your needs and could care less to even sell you a product. Second, once they do convince you to buy one of their products, it will break in 3 months, 6 and if you're lucky within a year. They don't care to manufacture good products, their "warehouse" in Los Angeles is just that - a warehouse that receives poorly built products with 15 year old compressor technologies from China. They probably cost about $300 to create and are just some of the worst products money can buy. I've had two of these and they both failed and were calculated to be more expensive to repair than a brand new one of the same breed. Unbelievable. They didn't even last 1-year. Vinotemp, of course, doesn't care to fix them and will even have you drive the unit down to the hood (yes, they really have a warehouse in the straight L.A. ghetto aka Compton and Lynwood area) and what happens there is that you get a quote to pay for something because it's not covered under their unbelievably limited warranty. Ultimate screw by Vinotemp. Please consumers, don't buy these products they are pure garbage. ((Furthermore, a friend had the same model in question which froze his $5000 wine collection because it knew it was operating too cold but it couldn't stop - good logic in that one Vinotemp).