I agree. This is one of those cases where I think regulation over markets is warranted. The free market won&#x27;t solve this problem because it&#x27;s <i>cheaper</i> to make junk that breaks and people are too focused on the <i>now</i> to care if their stove will work in 10 years.<p>It&#x27;s one of those greater-good problems that the market ignores but would benefit society as a whole. As a consumer, it would be nice to have protection against shoddy craftsmanship as well.<p>Something like this might even have the side effect of moving more production jobs back to in-country factories where quality can be controlled much better than in a foreign country.<p>EDIT: Thought about this more. There has to be some body that regulates what constitutes an appliance worth warranting. Maybe this could be done on a cost basis, but then would you have to have a warranty on an expensive piece of art? If you did have some sort of department deciding these things, would that allow for corruption? Would the microwave lobby somehow worm their way out of having a microwave being included as a warranty-guaranteed appliance? No easy answers, unless I&#x27;m missing something.