Exactly what part broke? When I had my Samsung washing machine delivered, also made in China, the delivery guy was treated it like a bag of potatoes. Very rough handling but it works fine too. Most of early problems can be repaired by an average handyman. Parts do wear like solenoid valves for example but you can buy these on ebay. You are an engineer, why didn't you fix it? But the store would have given you a new one anyway, wouldn't they.
