The problem with that is that people are always losing their flip-flops, leaving them at the beach or by the pool. This is why they buy cheap ones.
perhaps they lose them/leave them/forget them because they’re so cheap? If they were made better, perhaps the consumer would be less inclined to lose them? Like I said though, the flip flop analogy is imperfect. I think kichenware is probably a better example of what I’m talking about. This stuff really is made to break.