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Mine is a big GE side by side (which I hate) and will be 19 in November - new when we put up this house. As long as it keeps doing what it is supposed to do, then it has a home here.
I had a clothes dryer for 37 years. It was a Kenmore and the only repairs ever made to it was a new drum belt and a new element. They just don't make them like that anymore! I have a Whirlpool right now, and it will never see that many years. :(
Appliances, furniture, etc. were built to last back then. Just a few short years ago, I finally got rid of a color TV that my husband bought us in '72! It was a portable w/a leather strap on the top so it could be carried from room to room and it had rabbit ears that pushed down all the way. I never had it repaired once but when the picture tube blew, I sent it to the big appliance store in the sky.
I learned when I was cleaning houses that things aren't built to last now. My vacuum cleaners were constantly in the repair shop, belts were always breaking, etc. The repairman told me that vc's now give you 3 seconds, count 'em, three, to turn the vc off when you have a broken belt. Otherwise, the entire vc can be ruined. Nice, huh? So if you have a fridge or any appliance that has worked faithfully for years w/no problems, keep it and resist the temptation to buy new.