Several years ago, when I decided that I had had quite enough of our failing Samsung refrigerator (note to everyone: no matter how much you like your Samsung phone and TV, do *not* buy major appliances from Samsung, because that division cannot design a reliable product at all), we set out to get a new one. And all of our kitchen appliances were white, so we really wanted a white French door refrigerator to replace it.
This was around March of 2021 though and the supply chain was pretty badly busted up. Lots of refrigerators were available in stainless steel, but very few were available in white. We finally decided to pony up and buy a very expensive white refrigerator, because it would have the features that we wanted and it would be white.
Today, our oven died. It heats, but it is not heating past about 150 degrees, a temperature that (in Fahrenheit) is insufficient for almost every oven purpose. Now, thinking about it, this oven is probably around 20 years old, so it has given us pretty good service. And we could try to get it repaired, but the whole assembly is 20 years or so old and maybe it's just time to get a new one.
There appear to be no white gas ovens in stock from any acceptable brand (as in, oh, no, Samsung, fool me once...) that have the features that we want. Stainless steel ovens abound.
GE is offering to sell me the oven that I want in white with a delivery date in late May. I am thinking that is not really tenable.
Gretchen has suggested that we could wait until May for an oven if we bought one of the combination microwave convection oven appliances that I have occasionally looked at. I am skeptical about this.
Also, they only seem to come in stainless steel...
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