Here in the Netherlands we pay the highest tax for petrol,cars, income (50%)! and so on.
We must also pay our vacations,but we first must safe our money for it.(it looks so nice but afterall we pay for all of it )
If you buy a product you have 2 year waranty and if the product has a malfunction out of the warranty period, you can get youre right !
The so called consumer protection.

regards
Arno