Depends on what you mean by top dollar, Bro. The Sub-Zero in this house was first plugged in 22 years ago. We've replaced the icemaker and a compressor, but it still works perfectly.

Dunno about their fridges, but we've bought a total of 6 LG laundry appliances over the past ten years, and have had nothing but good luck with 'em. Got screwed over, royally, by Maytag (now part of Whirlpool) on the first ones in this house, and would never have another appliance from their family of brands, which embraces most of the ones we grew up with. GE's now owned by Haier, and we've had a cheap example of their fridges keeping beer and surplus OJ, cheese, etc. cold or frozen in the garage for about ten years.

You may find repairing the Profile to be the best solution!

Your GE was likely a Camco made unit.

Canadian made.

A lot of GE is now off shore.

Did a lot of research on the in 2018 when our 20 year old Maytag was starting to fail.

Went with a US built Maytag.

Whirlpool and Maytag are like Pontiac/Chev.

Same company, same plant.

www.cnet.com/news/repair-technicians-tell-all-whirlpool-maytag-make-the-most-reliable-appliances/

While not in this predicament yet, I expect to be soon since our appliances now in their 21st year. Fridge, stove and DW are Maytag, with only the DW having a failed board @ over $300. Washer-dryer are 14 year old Kenmore's, no issues yet.

So also wondering the best of the worst brands these days.

Well, I pulled the fridge out, and sure enough the condenser was jammed full of dust bunnies. Vacuumed it all out front and back. Tipped it up at the front and cleaned from the bottom. Cleaned up the fan in the bottom back. Cleaned the blades.

While out I installed a new water solenoid valve that I'd been procrastinating about changing for a year. Slow, you'd fill your cup and the water would keep running for a second after letting go of the switch.

She's back in place, fingers crossed...

What brand did you buy Mark?

When we hit a dead end trying to get the right fridge I ended up on Canadian Appliance on line. It told us right then if fridge was in stock, and when delivery date would be. No shipping, and took away the old one free

It'll draw freezer air to the fridge lower crisper. But through a little vent. I think all the cooling in my fridge section now is due to the freezer.

We had the fridge unplugged for a few hours, and any frost melted away at that point.

We eneded up buying a LG LFXS28566S , which, for the most part seems ok in the reviews. Mostly positive. We'll see, we'll hope.

Nice looking anyway. Has the little door in a door gimmick.

 

Our washer and dryer are both from the late 1970's. The washer is a Maytag A806 which apparently is "The last of the great Washers". The dryer is a Canadian made heavy duty McClary. They came with the house. 

The timer on the washer wasn't working so we called an appliance shop and asked if it was worth fixing. The reply was a hardy "ABSOLUTELY!"

Here' a photo of one from the interweb:

Couldn't find a photo online of the dryer. While they both probably draw a few kilowatts of power they haven't had any problems since we've owned them. The cabinets on both could use restoring. Always thought if I end up retired with a ton of time on my hands I'd take them apart and refinish the cabinets. 

Our fridge and stove are less exciting Kenmore's from circa 2014. 

We've had Whirlpool stuff since we built the house 22 years ago.  Bought all new appliances then and still have them all running fine.  Only repairs I've had to do were to replace a pump and a drum coupler on the washing machine - when I told the guy at the parts depot the model of the washer, he said "keep it running as long as you can", meaning that the newer stuff is junk?

Scares me to think when I finally have to replace this stuff, what we'll be up against.  Brother in law bought a new top of the line fridge (LG?) a few years back and only got a few years out of it.  Seems like newer appliances are going for the gadgets rather than putting quality into their product - I think they hope to tap into the smart phone mentality where you buy one every few years because your current one is outdated... 

$52 per year seems like a no brainer to me. With all that electronics in there its a small price to pay. I had to have a harness changed in a previous Kitchen Aid DW and the service tech told my wife it was a $1,400 job, but we had the extended warranty.