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US couple pays $4,995 for century-old fridge, spends another $2,000 getting it to work

A refrigerator bought on Facebook Marketplace has turned into a major home renovation project for a couple in Michigan, US. Melani Heldt, 34, and her husband Adam paid $4,995 for an antique icebox manufactured in 1910, only to discover that getting the 1,000-pound appliance into their farmhouse would take seven weeks. The refrigerator, measuring seven feet in height and width, required specialist movers, reinforced floors, and alterations to the house before the family could begin using it.

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