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Appliances don't last nearly as long as they used to. Water heaters may look the same on the outside but made with cheaper parts.
I agree, my dad and uncle ran a furniture store and were GE appliance dealers. They had an old GE fridge with the coiled condenser on top that was over 60 years old and still running. Once they started selling stuff with "off shore" parts like my dad called them, the quality really went down. And that was probably 50 years ago. Washers and dryers were simpler analog switches easily lasted 20 plus years and easy to fix. My dad used to go out on service calls with a nut driver, screw driver, and pair of pliers to fix about anything.
Appliances don't last nearly as long as they used to. Water heaters may look the same on the outside but made with cheaper parts.
I agree, my dad and uncle ran a furniture store and were GE appliance dealers. They had an old GE fridge with the coiled condenser on top that was over 60 years old and still running. Once they started selling stuff with "off shore" parts like my dad called them, the quality really went down. And that was probably 50 years ago. Washers and dryers were simpler analog switches easily lasting 20 plus years and easy to fix. My dad used to go out on service calls with a nut driver, screw driver, and pair of pliers to fix about anything.