I will assume that if you pay the company aud10,000 to buy a washing machine will qualify that statement. aud1,000 for a washing machine is just normal.
I paid for nzd1600 for a dell 30 inch professional monitor and the monitor does not show color consistent in grey background and have turn on a setting to get consistent color which will increase the brightness starting from day one.
To compare, samsung washing machine does a great job for six years for just nzd700. What do you expect?