Some large grocery stores, like Jewel, get display fridges to show products..are used maybe once...and sit in the storage room. If you have a friend who works there, or you do, it shoudlnt be too hard to talk a manager into a way of getting rid of these, since they are just taking up space. This one was in a box for the last three years. I got reeeeeeally lucky! Thanks for the compliment! Herpstat and flexwatt is on the way. Not sure where to place the tape to get the most even temps. herm...