When we left our last house two years ago we left behind the appliances: GE top-load washer/dryer and a Kenmore (I think) fridge. All were purchased in Chicago when we moved to Knoxville because the company was paying the transportation and the prices in Chicago were hundreds of dollars less. And they served us well for 25 years, although each of them had multiple repairs along the way: a leaking pump in the washer, an out-of-round bearing in the dryer, and multiple failures of the ice maker, but overall, 25 years is a pretty good run.
In this house I bought a Samsung front-load washer/dryer on Craigslist: $400 for the pair. They’ve been great, no issues, a lovely metallic blue finish. The only problem is they’re configured wrong for how the house is set up. The laundry room wants to have the washer on the left/dryer on the right, but the doors open the other way, so they’re in each others’ way when transferring wet laundry to the dryer. Oh well, can’t have everything.
They use significantly less water, and with less agitation on the clothes to boot, yet everything comes out clean. That’s a win.
(I bought a Viking refrigerator and freezer, along with a Kitchen Aide 6 burner stove for $4500, also on Craigslist. Had to drive to Ohio to get it, it was a two year old model never run: a showroom demo being cleared out to make way for a newer model. Also has been terrific. Sometimes you get lucky.)