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Downsizing, To Move or Not to Move? That is the Question
Aging Well | Last Active: 7 hours ago | Replies (476)Comment receiving replies
Would the term be "planned obsolescence"? We have had our refrigerator for 25 years - pretty good I think - the first one lasted for 22 before the compressor went out. There is a part available for this one, but at $80 plus labor and all the other things that need to be fixed at this age, it just seems like time to "pull the plug" on this faithful beast. And we are carefully replacing each appliance with Energy Star rated ones - our utility bills keep going down, and we are consuming less gas & electricity. Whenever we replace something, the technicians are usually amazed at how long my husband's TLC has kept it going - we were the last in our 1972-3 neighborhood to replace furnace & AC in 2018.
On a happier note, we just learned that our original, 48 year old deep freeze is still purring along with its third owner and her kids. She was thrilled to get it when our daughters were finished with it 2 years ago.
Sue
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@sueinmn They really do not make appliances like they used to. There is one very popular manufacturer, I'm not sure if I am allowed to mention the brand so I won't, and every appliance we have had from that brand has been a dud. We have a smaller refrigerator in our basement though that we bought from a neighbor in 1981 or 1982. At that point it was 20 years old, we just use it for overflow which we have a lot of recently since we do not go to the stores and have to think ahead getting everything delivered. That refrigerator is still humming along. It's not frost-free of course so we do have to occasionally defrost it but that's no big deal.
I hope your new fridge works for a long time for you. I think they figure something like 8 - 10 years for a refrigerator these days. We have been in this house since 1988 and had to replace the refrigerator at least twice and we need a new one before next summer. It cannot keep up with summer heat.
JK