Debate: Did cheap parts actually fix that fridge or am I just lucky?

I had a Whirlpool refrigerator that kept freezing up in the fresh food section. Spent $45 on a genuine OEM defrost timer and it still acted up a week later. Out of desperation I grabbed a $12 knockoff timer off Amazon and it's been running fine for 3 months now. Got me wondering if sometimes the expensive route is overkill or if I just got a bad OEM part. Anyone else seen cheap parts work better than the real deal or am I just asking for a callback?

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fiona_murphy21d ago

YOU GOT A BAD OEM PART?" That's wild honestly. I've had the exact opposite problem where the cheap stuff fails in like a month. My buddy replaced his dryer thermal fuse with a $3 no-name off eBay and it tripped again in two weeks. Maybe Whirlpool just had a bad batch of defrost timers that year or something. Makes me wonder if the knockoff factories are actually using the same diagrams now lol.

the_emery21d ago

Feel your pain man, that kind of luck drives me CRAZY.

mary_martin2221d ago

Can't believe that knockoff timer actually worked better for you @fiona_murphy, that's just plain crazy.