The worst part is often people don't buy their refrigerator, it comes with their house/apartment as a package deal. So you would literally have no clue that this is a thing until it happens. And in the case of an apartment, you literally have no choice in the matter (cant use your own refrigerator) if the apartment maintenance wont replace the filter.
Where is this? I've been in > 25 apartments. Only once did it come with a fridge. It was easily 20yrs old, still worked, but 100% sure the landlord would have let me replace it with my own
I've never lived in an apartment in the US that didn't have a fridge. The only time I have needed to buy appliances was my apartment in Tokyo and luckily I had a roommate that supplied most of them from their old place.
