mm wrote:
When you buy a gasket for a fridge or freezer, from a place like
ApplianceParts.com, or any of the others, how old is it?
....

Probably not all that old; most have similar profiles and/or are
replacement part numbers rather than perhaps identical...

At 30+, possible the current inventory is starting to age but since
there are so many out there for any models that use a given design,
parts are made for years after an initial introduction year of the
appliance itself.

As someone else noted, that it's not been out in UV, it'll undoubtedly
be more pliable than an old one plus won't be compressed and/or torn,
etc., ...

And as they also noted, there is the thing about current efficiencies as
compared to items of that age...

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