Basic GE electric stove. Bought 2017.

Labels on control panel worn off, LED burner indicator burned out. Minor, but annoying.

Sometime in the last couple of days, the inner glass on the oven door cracked. $500 parts and labor to repair.

Coupled with existing problems, makes an $800 new stove look pretty attractive.

Sigh.

They don't make 'em like they usta.

Any appliance that lasts over 5 years is now a miracle.

Buy cheap, when something breaks, throw it away and buy cheap again.

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Originally posted by Schmelby:
Buy cheap, when something breaks, throw it away and buy cheap again.

True, but we had a $2K Jenn-Aire dual fuel and The Cook didn't like it. Happy Wife, Happy Life, Good Eating...

Addiction Capitalism

Just underwent a kitchen refresh with all new appliances. We built house 30 years ago, and all the appliances were original equipment issue at time of replacement. Kitchen appliance folks said 10 to 15 years at max is normal now.

It’s called planned obsolescence, as if it didn’t break than less need for newer stuff.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:

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Originally posted by Schmelby:
Buy cheap, when something breaks, throw it away and buy cheap again.

True, but we had a $2K Jenn-Aire dual fuel and The Cook didn't like it. Happy Wife, Happy Life, Good Eating...

My ex wife's first husband is a GE repairman. He was so good they transfered him to Louisville to sit in an office and
answer calls from repairmen all over the country to ask how to fix things. That was the advice he gave me.

It technically IS possible to get high quality appliances that will last a lifetime.

Wolf Induction Range, AKA, a price-induced stroke!

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Originally posted by 2BobTanner:
Just underwent a kitchen refresh with all new appliances. We built house 30 years ago, and all the appliances were original equipment issue at time of replacement. Kitchen appliance folks said 10 to 15 years at max is normal now.

It’s called planned obsolescence, as if it didn’t break than less need for newer stuff.

Gotta sell more stuff more often to more people for more money.

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Originally posted by sigcrazy7:
It technically IS possible to get high quality appliances that will last a lifetime.

Wolf Induction Range, AKA, a price-induced stroke!

That is a little pricey, but it's WiFi-enabled!

Still using Grandma’s stove:

When we had our home built in 2004, we started with Whirlpool-Gold Series appliances, as that was what the builder gave you. The refrigerator died about 5 years ago but my oven and dishwasher have held up pretty well and are still working great.

Our new replacement refrigerator, a Frigidaire side by side, has been nothing but problems. The pins that hold the glass shelves up, (the pins that are mounted on the side walls), have been breaking/cracking the interior walls and coming apart. For the money we paid, I thought it would have held up better than it has.

As far as washing machines and dryers, they last maybe 4-5 years in my house. I just had to replace the belt and both pieces of felt for the drum and so far, it seems to be holding up.

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Originally posted by arfmel:
Still using Grandma’s stove:

Well, that retro look has been in and out of fashion several times. You're good for several more cycles.

My parents' refrigerator lasted 40 years and was still going strong after both died.

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Originally posted by arfmel:
Still using Grandma’s stove:

LOVE THIS!
We've had numerous electrical issues and have went through stoves, refrigerators, freezers and computers waay too often

Is there a good glass top stove made? I grew up using the coil stoves for what they were intended to do, not trying to make them look pretty. The coil stoves never did look fabulous, but the job got done.

My late aunt had a Tappan gas range from the early 50’s. One of the things I remember about it was the gas knobs had a backlit orange indicator to show it was in use.

Last time I saw it before they sold the house was in the mid 90’s, still immaculate. Wish I could have gotten that range.

I wouldn't fix that POS, get a new whirlpool or Maytag and be done. GE appliances are junk. This is coming from someone with 5 tenants, doing things to appliances you never thought were possible.

I have a Whirlpool gold series glass cooktop (slide in) with a stove, it has the dials for the burners on the front and a digital panel for the stove, have had it over 5 years and it's been great.

Everything is junk these days, cheap junk produced in China with inferior parts and sometimes little to no quality control. I bought a DeWalt mini air compressor, $130 bucks, for my truck so I don't have to fool around looking for air pumps at gas stations, used it two or three times and when I went to use it yesterday it wouldn't work. Bought a mini air compressor for my motorcycle, used it maybe a dozen times just to add 5 or 6 psi's to a tire and after a little over a year of ownership it stopped working. Upside is Lowes allowed me to return the Dewalt and the motorcycle air compressor manufacturer actually answered my email and is sending me a new unit. Downside is where would I be if I was out on the road and discovered these units decided to quit working?

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Originally posted by FiveFiveSixFan:

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Originally posted by sigcrazy7:
It technically IS possible to get high quality appliances that will last a lifetime.

Wolf Induction Range, AKA, a price-induced stroke!

That is a little pricey, but it's WiFi-enabled!

And a two year warranty. So . . . no. Lifetime, maybe.