I know, my friend has a Miele and thinks it's pretty ordinary. I think 10+ years ago, the products were a lot better, and now everyone thinks that Miele products are still the same. We contemplated with both our dishwashers (x2) and washing machines to go Miele or Maytag, but i couldn't justify for over 1000k each per item that i was really getting that much more for the price. The features were pretty similar.
Most of the reviews i've read just gush about how great they are because the are a steam station, not because of their product features. I want a comparision between a $400 model and a $1000 model, and then to justify was the extra features/ease of use/quality of the product worth the extra $600. For some things you are better off getting the cheaper model that still has 90% of the features and might last 10 years instead of 15, but then in 10 years time pay the money you saved to get a new model then with more features.
That being said, if i ran an ironing business etc and it would get tremendous amounts of use and the extra features/ease of use would make a difference every single time i used it, i would happily pay the extra.
It's all about adding up the extra price and objectiviely valuating if you are prepared to pay and extra $xx for xxx. A lot of time i have had the money, so it wasn't a scrimping thing, and refused to pay it just on principle because i could not see how that item was worth that amount of money (and ipod for example, when i'm paying just for the apple name).
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