GE Appliances including Monogram (the supposedly top of the line models where a fridge can cost $10-20K) isn’t even owned by General Electric any longer. They’ve been owned by Haier—the Chinese conglomerate most famous for shitty dorm fridges—for over 5 years.

They used COVID as an excuse During COVID they took the opportunity to stop stocking spare parts for a lot of models that might have been BIFL. I learned this earlier this year when I needed a $50 part to fix a $2000 Monogram built-in microwave but there wasn’t a single one to be found in all of North America, even on eBay. They were happy to offer me a 10% discount on the $3000 model that replaced it, though.

Ironically, the part I needed was a piece of glass that broke when I accidentally smashed into it with the metal handle of my BIFL Miele canister vacuum during a vigorous cleaning session.