Jan 21, 2002 04:52 AM
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(Updated Jan 21, 2002 04:57 AM)
Your question reminds me, vaguely, of a rhyme in a Wodehouse novel. ''Who is bigger? Captain Biggar or Mrs. Biggar? Mrs. Biggar, because she hooked Master Biggar.
What matters in a refrigerator is not whether it is of one door, two doors, or three doors, but its utility, healthy, and trouble free life.
I rue the day when I sold my sturdy single door fridge with ''exposed'' back, which obviously was gathering a lot of dust, and bought a double-door ''hide-back'' one. The reason: What is hidden in the hide-back is the otherwise exposed material, and that has reduced considerably the space available for use.
A three-doors fridge may be good for the high society, as a show-piece, and if you have a lot of money. In which case, if you are not satisfied with it, you can soon go for a new alternative.
For the ordinary people, in any purchase what matters is real cost, opportunity cost (in terms of how much time and money they have to spend for service), and utility To these, one may add, though not central, a pleasing look for items like refrigerators. The choice should not be between black and white but should from a wide spectrum.