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Brought a carpet cleaner in July. The wheels literally fell off in December.

A Hoover.

Do NOT buy Samsung appliances

Our old fridge still works but the icemaker and water dispenser broke and then started to spray outside and leak inside if connected.

But we kept it and put it in the garage and keep beverages in it. Man does it feel opulent to have a garage drink fridge.

Kind of like when I became able to afford paper towels. Pure wealth and extravagance.

Stuck on step one, where do I get a garage

You can still buy high quality, lasts a lifetime, refrigerators. We have grown accustomed to $400 refrigerators that will last five to ten years worth of doing a piss poor job (freezing some areas while not cooling others). A "buy it for life", excellent refrigerator of equal size will run you $10k+. Most people will opt to buy the less expensive one every few years, either for economic reasons, or because they feel that it is a better deal to replace the $400 fridge every five years than to pay thirty times the price for a high-end/professional unit.

Funny and all, but interesting, the life span of appliences has remained fairly steady: https://studyfinds.org/appliances-made-to-last/

The study (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/EWYZVBTQDFJXHTV9PPUQ?target=10.1111%2Fjiec.13608) found that most appliances last a similar number of years, and that the number of cycles each appliance lasts has increased (ie we use them more often). notable exception was a stove.

Basically, survivorship bias.

3-year-old fridge went out two weeks ago. Guy finally showed up to put the compressor in today. Left and it started rattling. Help.

We had a $2k fridge that broke within a few years of owning it. We got it fairly discounted due to a dent in the side.

Our $150 fridge from Sears is still in the garage, and still runs perfectly after owning it for 13 years. Looks pretty much like the one in the pic.

Hear me out: cover it in foil tape, like the kind used for HVAC. instant "modern" fridge

silly naive lemmy user. Garages are for renting out at $1000/mo

Or when you get tired of the ads on the new one.

This is just survivorship bias. There were absolutely garbage appliances in the "good ol days".

You can still get large appliances that last forever, but you're not going to get them for $500. Decent fridges back in the day were about the equivalent of $2k+ today.

Part of the problem is disposable culture too. Back in the day people would call the local repairman, but I know people who almost bought a new washing machine because of a $20 broken lid switch that took 30 minutes to replace.

When my wife and I bought our house almost 30 years ago, it didn't have a fridge or a washer and dryer. It had a dishwasher and a range. We bought the fridge and washer and dryer when we moved in.

We've replaced the range twice and the dishwasher, washer, and dryer three times each.

The fridge is coming apart at the seams, but it still keeps food cold. Most of the door shelves are gone. Both crispers have broken and been put back together with epoxy. The deli drawer is cracked such that it falls out of its track and has to be carefully put back. We want to replace it, but every time we get ready to, another large appliance bites the dust and its replacement gets postponed again.

I'm afraid to even talk to my wife about replacing it at this point because it feels like if I mention it, the washer and dryer will go.

I just save money and have a 40 year old fridge in my kitchen. What I would save in electric cost does not make buying a new one worth it.