About 4 years ago my liberal Greenie nephew bought state of the art water saving Samsung washer and dryer. The first thing to break down was the dryer, 6 months after the warranty expired. The repair cost of the Dryer was going to be 2/3 the cost of a new one. He bought used Kenmore gas dryer, works like a dream. About 8 months later the washer died. He spent a lot of time and money trying to fix it, this part that part, control board, he couldn’t fix it. He called me and asked me what I would do. I told him to find a 20 year Kenmore or Whirlpool washer as they are but simple to fix. He found a nice 21 year old matching set Kenmore 70 washer and dryer that an older couple had. He paid $125 for both the washer and the dryer.