[m4x]

What do you do when the expensive options are also junk? Relatively few manufacturers actually focus on quality today.

[giardini]

Regardless of price why buy junk?

[m4x]

I'm genuinely curious how you think we should avoid it? If I had to buy a household appliance tomorrow, or a new car, I cannot think of a single company I'd feel safe purchasing from.

[defrost]

Gruen transfer confusion.

[giardini]

That is something specific to shopping in a fabricated environment (e.g., a mall) I fail to see how that applies to buying a house/home.