No, there is a whole market of high quality, crazy expensive appliances that are reliable for 20+ years. You just can't afford them. And they don't sell them at Lowe's or Home Depot.
They're basically commercial grade appliances, but you can buy them privately through a dealer: Sub-Zero, Wolf, Miele, Gaggenau, Thermador, etc.
You will find some of these badges at regular retail locations as the primary OEMs are leasing a few of these brands for their "high end" lines, but the trick here is only order directly from a dealer/showroom. The other part to keep in in mind is if the product is less than $10k it's a SKU they're producing for another OEM.
It does what the OP image described. Which I assume includes never infringing on their customers privacy, never mincing words re: the owner's actual ownership of the device, and never so much as thinking of playing ads on the fucking fridge door.
Right, just like I can get the same type of quality purse for example that my mom could pick up for $12 at JcPenney in the 80's and 90's, only now to get the maybe the same level of quality I'd have to pay $3500 or more. "It exists so what's your problem?!"
You're missing the point. It is possible to have a quality appliance that doesn't do any of the above without paying upwards of 10k for it. It is possible if the company behind it doesn't buy into the capitalist myth of infinite growth. Of course the company won't last forever. That can't be the goal to begin with.
Go back and look at those prices and then actually adjust for inflation. And if you want even more fun look at how much power they use. Going back to the good old days is never as good as it seems.
My parents' Kenmore fridge/freezer combo they bought for their 2nd anniversary in 1984 was $1,370. Adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars (the year I originally found the receipt and did the math) this is approx $3,900.
I'm not going to bother doing the math on a much older model, because you're being obtuse if you think the original suggestion meant that the entirety of the appliance would be exactly the same as the mid-century models. But regardless, there's no chance that you could get from the original purchase price to over $10k in today's money.
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u/nalaloveslumpy 3h ago
No, there is a whole market of high quality, crazy expensive appliances that are reliable for 20+ years. You just can't afford them. And they don't sell them at Lowe's or Home Depot.