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Topic is good timing. We have two GE in the house that are probably 40 years old! Awesome compressors, refrigerant, quality metal and glass shelves, thick robust plastic door shelfs and drawers, metal brackets and trim. One has just finally burned out the separate cooling fan blower to condenser. No biggie, a $30 replacement motor takes care of that.

But we've been shopping for new modern, fridge, slowly (lol) for a few months now. Checked big box stores to very high end appliance stores, online to.

Boggles me the pile of crap made for the price they ask. LG with chincy plastic, do-dats, some fancier with multiple outer doors that take up cu. feet, crappy ice makers that take up space, miniscule door shelfs, many non adjustable... but yet engineered to be removed for cleaning (how thoughtful). Doors misaligned, sliders are grabby rough (even unloaded!). Kitchen Aid was pathetic.

Knowing Sears is on the way out, I forced my wife to at least walk in and take a look at the offerings. There's a Kenmore on display, running but laughably had moisture dripping all over the inside! Even the upper lighting system had water INSIDE the fixture. Really bad. What dummy at the store permits that appliance to be on display? Jeez.

Also noted JC Penney is jumping in on the appliance game, likely thinking to take up the soon to be Sears losses. But their so called super sale prices are full retail. I guess they think nobody compares prices these days?!

More, neighbor has a few year old Samsung with linear compressor. Twice has had service done on it. Ice maker blocks up also at night the noisy compressor drives him nutz. LOL