How about a regular depth refrigerator, can it be enclosed?

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As to why they are more expensive, it's simple. You only find cabinet depth fridges in upscale houses, ones where the owners can afford to pay for the luxury and look of an enclosed fridge.

You can do just about anything, including enclosing a freestanding fridge to make it look built in (either CD or regular depth). Just make sure you have adequate air flow, someplace for the evaporator to vent, etc., and be sure that you won't get heat build up. The big problem is cleaning the works. Built-ins are meant to have you just vacuum the vent. It might be hard to get at the works of an enclosed freestanding to do similar.

One more question Can somebody give me some feedfack regarding the Thermador column refrigerators, the freedom line? Specifically if they are prone to break or not?.

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Think of the different "products" that Starbucks sells. A 20 oz. cup of coffee may sell for $1.95 while the different flavored, ice-blended versions of the same size may cost you $3.95. Does the ice, syrup, splash of milk, dollop of whipped cream and a trip through the blender cost Starbucks anywhere near $2.00? Nope. It may only cost them $0.35. But by offering products of different types at different price levels, they bring in customers who have different sensitivities to price. They make a lot more profit on the $3.95 drink and I'm sure they'd be happy if that's what everyone would order. But they don't want to miss making a sale to the more price sensitive consumer so they offer lower priced items which have a smaller mark-up but are still profitable.

Built-in refrigerators are the half-caf mocha blended frappuccinos of the appliance world. :-) Consumers who are building kitchens that require a built-in look are less price sensitive than most other consumers and will pay the premium price to get what they want. That premium has very little to do with what actually goes into the manufacturing of the product itself.

(My understanding of the above comes from reading: The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, Why the Poor Are Poor--And Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car by Tim Harford.)