In "Vox Humana"
> wrote:

>
> "Bert Hyman" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In "So'n'so"
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > So why do the cool appliances get marketed in Europe and Australia,
>> > but not the US?
>>
>> Maybe because most American consumers prefer ovens that work, as
>> opposed to those that are "cool"?
>>
>
> Why do you assume that the European appliances don't work?

Not "don't work", just don't work sufficiently better to justify the
higher price their perceived "coolness" demands. Perhaps I should have
said that they prefer appliances that "just work".

And, judging from personal experience and from comments in this forum,
hardware from European manufacturers (even if actually assembled in the
US) seem to have a higher rate of "interesting" failures.

Even if many US-made (or US-labeled) appliances have a similar failure
rate, many will have the advantage of being a lot cheaper, while still
providing similar performance. I doubt that a Miele dishwasher will
outperform a garden-variety KitchenAid or Maytag; I know that my Bosch is
the worst performing dishwasher I've ever owned.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN