My current fridge is literally driving me insane right now. It makes this high-pitched whining sound all night and I think the compressor is finally giving out on me, I’ve already had to toss a whole gallon of milk because it wasnt cold enough this morning. Its an old Samsung and I just dont think its worth repairing again after the last time cost me 300 bucks and it barely fixed the issue. I’m trying to hold out because my budget is strictly under 1800 and I really want one of those fancy French door models but honestly I’m so anxious that its gonna die completely in like two weeks and then I’ll be stuck paying full price at a store just to have something to keep my food from rotting. We're in the middle of a kitchen refresh here in the Midwest and everything is already so expensive. I keep hearing mixed things about whether the 2026 Black Friday sales are actually going to be any good or if companies just hike the prices up in October anyway just to discount them back to normal. Is it worth the stress of nursing this thing along for another few months just to save maybe a couple hundred bucks or should I just bite the bullet now? Are those 2026 Black Friday appliance deals actually worth the wait?