My coffee pot is a GE percolator from the 1960's, possibly the 50's, that we inherited from my wife's grandmother, and it has never once been serviced and makes a great cup of coffee.  Before that we used to go through an electric Mr. Coffee machine every few years.  Who is committing the crime against the environment, the person who tosses the machine out everytime the element burns out (which costs more to repair than the cost of a new machine), or the company that makes the piece of crap that that only lasts 36 months?