I completely agree and think pricing should reflect more of the externalities. Side note: I do not consider myself a "handy" person. Never cared much for fixin

I completely agree and think pricing should reflect more of the externalities. Side note: I do not consider myself a "handy" person. Never cared much for fixing things around the house. However, thanks to YouTube and (at least in the US) RepairClinic, I have found that certain kinds of repairs to appliances are actually easy and I can get them done much more quickly than when calling a repair service because RepairClinic has the parts in stock. (I have the added benefit of living ~30 minute drive from RepairClinic.) Also, I haven't personally found a correlation between price and reliability.