Our appliances were all replaced when we remodeled the kitchen/bathroom/laundry 3 years ago.
My sister-in-law was having some problems with her refrigerator, so wanted to replace before it quit completely. It took several months for the model she wanted to come in. That was last year.
A friend has been trying to replace a freezer since spring. She has been told on 3 occasions that it is in the warehouse/will be on the truck/is shipping from Lowe's, Home Depot, and another more local vendor. Home Depot and Lowe's called a couple of days before the expected arrival to tell her it wasn't coming. The local vendor did not - she took half the day off, which meant closing her business, cleaned the freezer out and THEN found out they weren't coming.
What are people who do not have one that is on it's last legs, but working, doing? People who have built a new home, or moved into a home that doesn't have one, or the people who have had damage from the floods throughout the southern and northeastern states?