Three or four years ago I bought a single-disc Sony CD player, for about $100. It was just passable, as far as sound quality and controls convenience. The radio tuner is almost Okay (some stations displayed frequency is slightly off). But the player itself... It plays only one song, of his own choosing, and then stops. If restarted, it plays another one, chosen randomly. The only way around it is to insert a classical music CD - then it plays one symphony which lasts longer then other genres, yet, understandably, we are not always in the mood.
This is forth or fifth Sony gizmo that served only a few years, although I paid a premium Sony price. My wife says this is because all Sony (and other brands as well) are made in China. She literally said: pay whatever price for a product made in Japan or at least, in Taiwan, it will be cheaper then buying Chinese-made devices over and over again. I agree. So far I was not able to find anything not China-made in my local electronics store. To find the country of origin for online sold is virtually impossible.
I am sure it's not just me. How you, guys, deal with it?