I see more and more of these sorts of "ideas" for revenue generation as returns particularly in Canada get worse and worse.
It seems like everyone and their dog is a landlord now, and basic questions (like who pays for appliance replacement or plumbing repairs) on this forum and others are common place. Unfortunately I had a landlord who lamented what a poor investment their condo was and took the lions share of my DD for a stainless steel fridge that a can dropped on causing a 1/8th inch dent on the horizontal ridge of the freezer drawer. Basically said the panel had to be special ordered, from far away, and then they had to get a guy out to replace it - said it was no different than if I took a hammer to the panel - a bit of hyperbole I thought. The sort of thing that would knock $50 off at a scratch and dent sale, on a 5 year old fridge, ended up costing me $800. About what the fridge was worth, so I doubt it was ever replaced. It certainly didn't turn it from a $800 fridge into an $1600 one. Sadly I left town the day after, so it was two weeks until I got my cheque less whatever they figured, so couldn't even really fight them from 5000km away or go to the tenancy board.