The problem is it is rarely an easy proposition to just "pay more and get a better product" especially when it comes to home appliances.

In most big box stores every option will be shit. Companies know that there are consumers at every price point and so they have a product for every price print.

The problem is the expensive isn't really better, it's the same fridge with the same compressor as a cheap one except it has a wifi dongle or a tablet in the door.

Of course there are the Vikings and Thermidors and whatever but those are Velben goods that priced so high that you could get 5 to 10 of the cheap options for the price of one.