You get what you pay for.
Exactly, but we have grown accustomed to a disposable society. A lot of it is the result of advertising. We are so inundated with with advertising that higher style becomes more important than quality. Your Grandmother’s solid wood dining room set is sent to the Good Will in favor of a new, made in China set that isn’t even real wood. … and since the young couple don’t have a dining room, the imitation wood set falls apart from use every night and needs to be replaced in five years.