I disagree absolutely.
Whilst Miele in Europe is about as good as it gets, North American Miele has suffered from various fatal corporate defects through the years.
Worst of all, their decision (in complete contrast to European Miele) to throw away all parts and technical specifications (including repair data) for anything older than 10 years.
Second, their 'it will take three months to get the part' approach (and, yes, dahlinks, twice I brought parts over from Germany for fellow members after they were told just that and in both cases I picked the parts up at Miele's Showroom on Sonnenstr. in Munich).
Finally, As many UK members all-too-frequently point out here, the UK market is totally and completely removed from both Europe as well as the rest of the world. Toploaders in the UK may be worthless, but elsewhere, this does not hold.